多劳多得

多勞多得
duōláo-duōdé
idiom #55,369

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen gōngsī shíxíng duōláo-duōdé de fēnpèi zhìdù.
Our company implements a distribution system of more work, more pay.
HSK 5
Duōláo-duōdé 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 XY is common in Chinese for expressing proportional relationships.

Stroke Order

duō
láo
de