劳碌

Traditional (Taiwan): 勞碌

láolù ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄨˋ

    • to work hard
    • to toil

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 忙碌 mánglù
    • 忙碌了一天 busy for a whole day
    • 十分忙碌 very busy

Antonyms 反义词

  • 清闲 qīngxián
    • 清闲自在 carefree and at leisure
    • 生活清闲 live a leisurely life

Telling them apart

劳碌 means toiling away at many tedious tasks, with a sense of weariness. 忙碌 means being busy with many things, often under time pressure, and is more neutral.

Other words read láolù

laolu with other tones

Near homophones of laolu

  • 瑙鲁 nǎolǔ Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific

Sources