加班加点

加班加點

jiābān jiādiǎn

phrase #32,137

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

为了赶上交货期,工人们连续加班加点。

Wèile gǎnshàng jiāohuò qī, gōngrénmen liánxù jiābān jiādiǎn.

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

HSK 7-9

他最近天天加班加点,身体都垮了。

Tā zuìjìn tiāntiān jiābān jiādiǎn, 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; it 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