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勤工俭学

qín gōng jiǎn xuédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to work part-time while studying / work-study program
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-a159d022a8544717. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

勤工儉學 勤工俭学 [qin2 gong1 jian3 xue2] /to work part-time while studying/work-study program/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 勤工儉學

  • 勤
    qín

    diligent; industrious; hardworking / frequent; regular; constant / (bound form) work; duty; attendance / (literary) diligent; industrious; hardworking (variant of 勤[qín]) / (literary) solicitous; attentive

  • 工
    gōng

    work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

  • 俭
    jiǎn

    (bound form) frugal; thrifty

  • 学
    xué

    to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.