出去打工

如果你不卖厂他也不会出去打工

If you don’t sell the factory, he won’t go out to work either.

— 三峡好人 (2006)

你的穷爸妈出去打工好多年一直没回来应该是没钱不敢回家怕被人笑话吧

Your poor parents have been away working for years and still haven’t come back. They probably don’t have any money and are too ashamed to return home, afraid people will laugh at them.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

我好多同学都出去打工了

A lot of my classmates have gone out to work.

— I Am What I Am (2021)

你弟弟也出去打工了

Your younger brother has also gone out to work.

— 世界 (2004)