Definition
复工 means 'to resume work' or 'to return to work' after a disruption — a strike, a layoff, a holiday, or a public health shutdown. It's a separable verb (离合词): the object 工 can split off the verb 复 when you add duration or measure words, like 复了三天工 ('resumed work for three days'). You'll hear it a lot in news about factories reopening after Chinese New Year or after COVID lockdowns.
v.o.
to resume workto return to work (after a strike, layoff, holiday, or shutdown)
Examples
- 复工。Gōngchǎng xià zhōuyī fù gōng.The factory will resume work next Monday.
- 。Yuángōng men yǐjīng fù le sān tiān gōng.The employees have been back at work for three days.
- ，复工。Yìqíng jiéshù hòu, hěnduō gōngsī lùxù fù gōng.After the pandemic ended, many companies gradually resumed operations.
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