能者多劳 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 能者多勞 néngzhěduōláo ㄋㄥˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄌㄠˊ it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) idiom Character by character 能(néng)can 者(zhě)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... 多(duō)many 劳(láo)surname Lao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0