láo
dòng

technical
noun

Meaning of 死劳动

死劳动 means materialized labor; dead labor; past labor congealed in commodities. Pronounced sǐ láo dòng.

  • materialized labor; dead labor; past labor congealed in commodities

Definitions & Examples

láo
dòng
zhǐ
yǒu
tōng
guò
huó
láo
dòng
de
jié
 
cái
néng
chuàng
zào
xīn
de
jià
zhí
 

Only by combining with living labor can dead labor create new value.

zuò
wéi
láo
dòng
 
zài
shēng
chǎn
guò
chéng
zhōng
zhǐ
shì
shēn
de
jià
zhí
zhuǎn
dào
xīn
chǎn
pǐn
shàng
 

As dead labor, machinery merely transfers its own value to new products during the production process.

fēn
huó
láo
dòng
láo
dòng
shì
jiě
shèng
jià
zhí
lùn
de
guān
jiàn
 

Distinguishing between living labor and dead labor is key to understanding the theory of surplus value.