窝工

Traditional form:

窩工

Pinyin (reading):

wōgōng

Definitions:

• (of workers) to have no work to do
• to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)

Characters:

• 窝 - cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker

Traditional characters:

• 窩 - cave, den, nest; hiding place; measure word for small animals
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker