No. 7,663 in Chinese
返工
"返工" means "to redo work" or "to rework."
In a sentence
由于疫情的影响，公司决定推迟返工日期。
Due to the impact of the pandemic, the company decided to postpone the return-to-work date.
In this sentence, '返工' means 'return to work', referring to the action of resuming work after a break or interruption.
这个项目的初步设计被否定了，需要完全返工。
The initial design of this project was rejected and needs to be fully redone.
Here, '返工' means 'rework', referring to revisiting and addressing issues in the project's design due to feedback or requirements.
她每天乘坐地铁返工，已经习惯了早高峰的拥挤。
Every day, she commutes to work by subway and has become accustomed to the crowded morning rush hour.
In this example, '返工' is used to indicate commuting to work, emphasizing the routine of returning to one's job on a daily basis.
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