(bound form used in 忙碌[mang2 lu4], 勞碌|劳碌[lao2 lu4], 庸碌[yong1 lu4] etc)

stone (石) + sound (录) = grinding, busy toil

石 conjures the image of a millstone or rough terrain — something that wears you down through relentless effort. 录 is purely phonetic, giving the sound lù with no semantic contribution.

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他每天忙,几乎没有时间休息。

tā měi tiān máng lù, jī hū méi yǒu shí jiān xiū xi。

He is busy every day and has almost no time to rest.

父母为了家庭劳了一辈子,我很感激他们。

fù mǔ wèi le jiā tíng láo lù le yī bèi zi, wǒ hěn gǎn jī tā men。

My parents toiled hard for the family their whole lives, and I am very grateful to them.

Words with 碌

骨碌

gū lu

to roll rapidly; to spin

骨碌碌

gū lù lù

(onom.) rolling around; spinning

一骨碌

yī gū lu

with a rolling or twisting movement

劳碌

láo lù

to work hard

庸庸碌碌

yōng yōng lù lù

ordinary

庸碌

yōng lù

mediocre

庸碌无能

yōng lù wú néng

mediocre and incompetent

忙碌

máng lù

busy; bustling

碌曲

lù qǔ

see 碌曲縣|碌曲县[Lu4 qu3 Xian4]

碌曲县

lù qǔ xiàn

Luqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

碌碌无为

lù lù wú wéi

unaccomplished

碌碡

liù zhou

stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc)

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