invest labor; use workdays
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to invest labor; to use workdays; to expend man-hours
Commonly used in construction, engineering, or agricultural contexts to calculate labor costs, manpower allocation, or project duration. Often appears in project management and rural labor accounting.
Xiū修
zhè这
ge个
shuǐ水
kù库
yào要
tóu投
duō多
shao少
gōng工
？
How many workdays will it take to build this reservoir?
Zhè这
xiàng项
gōng工
chéng程
zǒng总
gòng共
tóu投
gōng工
wǔ五
bǎi百
gè个
。
This project used a total of five hundred workdays.
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Zán咱
men们
děi得
suàn算
suan算
tóu投
gōng工
duō多
shao少
，
zài再
jué决
dìng定
jiē接
bu不
jiē接
zhè这
ge个
huó活
r儿
。
We need to calculate how much labor it will require before deciding whether to take this job.