加班加点

加班加點

jiābānjiādiǎn

phrase #32,137

Meanings

1 to work overtime and extra hours
2 to put in extra time and effort

Characters

Examples

为了赶上交货期,工人们连续加班加点。

Wèile gǎn shàng jiāo huò qī, gōngrén men liánxù jiābānjiādiǎn.

To meet the delivery deadline, the workers put in continuous overtime.

他最近天天加班加点,身体都垮了。

Tā zuìjìn tiāntiān jiābānjiādiǎn, shēntǐ dōu kuǎ le.

He's been working overtime every day lately and his health has collapsed.

Tips

usage

A four-character set phrase pairing 加班 ('add a shift / work overtime') with 加点 ('add hours'). Stronger than either word alone — emphasizes both extra shifts AND extra hours within shifts. Common in workplace contexts and in news coverage of factory production drives.

memory

加 (add) appears twice — '+shift +hours'. The repetition is the point: not just one form of overtime, but both.

Stroke Order

加 jiā

班 bān

点 diǎn