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返工

Mandarin · pinyin fǎn gōng

to do poorly done work over again
(Guangdong dialect) to go to work

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返: fǎn · return, revert to, restore
工: gōng · labor, work; worker, laborer

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3–1 · fan3 gong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan1 gung1

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verb · Etymology 1

(verb-object) to redo a job that has been poorly done

verb · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) to go to work

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