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工间操

Word · NounTraditional工間操

office exercise; work-break calisthenics

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

exercise done collectively by office or factory workers during a designated break in the workday

formal

A practice in China to promote employee health and relieve work fatigue, often involving simple calisthenics or stretching led by broadcast or an instructor.

Shí十
diǎn点
zhōng钟
dào到
le了
 ,
dà大
jiā家
fàng放
xià下
gōng工
zuò作
 ,
kāi开
shǐ始
zuò做
gōng工
jiān间
cāo操
 。

It's ten o'clock; everyone puts down their work and starts doing the office exercises.

Gōng公
sī司
tuī推
xíng行
gōng工
jiān间
cāo操
zhì制
dù度
 ,
yǐ以
tí提
gāo高
yuán员
gōng工
de的
shēn身
tǐ体
sù素
zhì质
 。

The company has implemented a work-break exercise system to improve employees' physical fitness.

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Měi每
tiān天
xià下
wǔ午
de的
gōng工
jiān间
cāo操
guǎng广
bō播
yīn音
yuè乐
yī一
xiǎng响
 ,
tóng同
shì事
men们
jiù就
dōu都
zhàn站
le了
qǐ起
lái来
 。

Every afternoon, when the broadcast music for the work-break exercises sounds, all the colleagues stand up.