work or a job/task described by the preceding words
干好你的活儿
Do your job properly.
— 妈咪 (2014)
你接的活儿实在太多,这回就是最后一次了。
You’ve taken on way too much work. This is the last time.
又给了我一个送水的活儿,只是每天要早起
They gave me another water-delivery job, but I have to get up early every day.
— 活着 (1994)
这次的活儿很棘手
This job is pretty tricky.
— 这个杀手不太冷 (1994)
快让我们干我们的活儿吧
Let’s get on with our work.
他很乐意偶尔接一趟去西港的活儿。
He’s happy to take the occasional job going to Westport.
如果我们为了一个做的漂亮的活儿而例外的话…来个吻怎么样就像电影里那样?
If we’re making an exception for a job well done… how about a kiss, like in the movies?
一朋友给了我一个翻译的活儿这不算真是我的工作
A friend gave me a translation gig, but it’s not really my job.
不过,他们从老主顾那里接到的活儿也比预期的多。
However, they also got more work from repeat customers than they expected.
他很乐意接我的活儿。
He’s more than happy to take on my work.