gōngzuò

Usages of gōngzuò

 děi  工作gōngzuò zuò wánWǒ děi bǎ gōngzuò zuò wán.
I have to finish the work.
今天jīntiān de 工作gōngzuò hěn 重要zhòngyàojīntiān de gōngzuò hěn zhòngyào.
Today's work is very important.
我们wǒmen 今天jīntiān hěn wǎn cái 做完zuòwán 工作gōngzuòwǒmen jīntiān hěn wǎn cái zuòwán gōngzuò.
We didn’t finish the work until very late today.
jīntiān de gōngzuò méiyǒu zuótiān me mángjīntiān de gōngzuò méiyǒu zuótiān nàme máng.
Today’s work is not as busy as yesterday.
Zhè  小组xiǎozǔ de 工作gōngzuò shì  负责fùzé de, 别人biéren bāng  复习fùxí 今天jīntiān de 重点zhòngdiǎnZhè gè xiǎozǔ de gōngzuò shì tā fùzé de, biéren bāng tā fùxí jīntiān de zhòngdiǎn.
He is in charge of this group’s work, and others help him review today’s key points.

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