"work-life balance" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-work-life balance.wav Forms: work-life balances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=work-life balance}} work-life balance (countable and uncountable, plural work-life balances)
  1. The relative importance of, or time taken by, work and personal life to a particular individual. Wikipedia link: work-life balance Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: study-life balance, study-leisure balance Translations (working time): 工作與生活平衡 /工作与生活平衡 (gōngzuò yǔ shēnghuó pínghéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 勞逸平衡 /劳逸平衡 (Chinese Mandarin), työ- ja yksityiselämän tasapaino (Finnish), Work-Life-Balance [feminine] (German), conciliazione vita-lavoro [feminine] (Italian), godzenie życia zawodowego i prywatnego [neuter] (Polish)

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