作息 zuòxī work and rest Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents zuòxī work and rest 作 zuò verb to do to do; to make; to engage in an activity; often interchangeable with 做 zuò in set phrases息 xī noun to rest (bound form) to rest; to take a breakzuòxī to pretend 作 zuò verb to pretend to pretend; to feign; to affect a certain manner or appearance息 xī verbadverb to stop (bound form) to cease; to stop; to end; to be extinguished