(idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
trad. 能者多勞
Also written 能者多勞【néng zhě duō láo】
Characters in this word
4能
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surname Neng
- Pinyin
- Néng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 53 of 2500
者
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er, -ist, (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously), (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term), (old) (used at the end of a command), (old) this
- Pinyin
- zhě
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 890 of 2500
多
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many; much; more; a lot of, too many; in excess, (after a numeral) ... odd, how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]), (bound form) multi-; poly-
- Pinyin
- duō
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 114 of 2500
劳
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surname Lao
- Pinyin
- Láo
- Traditional
- 勞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15990 of 2500