多劳多得

多勞多得

duōláoduōdé

idiom HSK 7 #55,369

Meanings

1 more work, more pay
2 the more you work, the more you earn

Characters

to get; to obtain

Examples

我们公司实行多劳多得的分配制度。

Wǒmen gōngsī shíxíng duōláoduōdé de fēnpèi zhìdù.

Our company implements a distribution system of more work, more pay.

多劳多得是一种公平的原则。

Duōláoduōdé shì yī zhǒng gōngpíng de yuánzé.

More work, more pay is a fair principle.

Tips

memory

The structure is symmetric: 多劳 (more labor) + 多得 (more gain). The pattern 多X多Y is common in Chinese for expressing proportional relationships.

Stroke Order

多 duō

劳 láo

得 dé