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工作日 in Context

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工作日

Usage 1 - "work day": 

Sentence:

父母的工作日都很忙,只有周末才能陪孩子。

English:

Parents are very busy with their job. They only have time for their child/children on weekends.

Top-Down Words:

忙 máng - busy
陪 péi - to accompany


Sentence:

我们公司工作日不休息。

English:

We can't take days off on weekdays.


*Sentence:

不仅工作日在工作,连休息日也会工作。

English:

(He/She/I/They) not only work weekdays but even weekends as well.

Top-Down Words:

不仅 bùjǐn - not only
连 lián - even



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Comments   3

Jason Pon

Does 休息日 mean weekend (implied from 'rest day')? Is it interchangeable with 周末?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Not necessarily, because not everyone's days off are on the weekend. For example, I take off Wednesday and Saturday, Luke takes off Thursday and Sunday. My Wednesday is still a 休息日.

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Andrew Clapham

Entrepreneur life, yo.

Somebody's gotta be on deck to beat back all the open tickets caused by useless comments such as this xD

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