消极怠工

消極怠工

xiāojí-dàigōng

idiom #51,528

Meanings

1 passive slacking at work
2 to deliberately slow down or do the bare minimum
3 work-to-rule

Characters

dissipate / negative

Examples

员工消极怠工影响了生产。

Yuángōng xiāojídàigōng yǐngxiǎng le shēngchǎn.

Employees slacking off has hurt production.

他对新政策不满，开始消极怠工。

Tā duì xīn zhèngcè bùmǎn, kāishǐ xiāojídàigōng.

Unhappy with the new policy, he started dragging his feet.

Tips

usage

怠工 alone means to slack or slow down on the job (often as a passive protest). 消极 adds the passive-aggressive quality. Common in HR/management and labor-relations writing.

Stroke Order

消 xiāo

极 jí

怠 dài

工 gōng