劳工阶级

lao2gong4 jie4ji2

the working class

labor
arbeit
obrero LABOR TOIL WORK 劳

who has power in the farmer’s stall? grass+roof+power=work 劳

grinders
oil-cans
nuts
gears TOOL 工 (picture of ancient chinese spade-fork).

jie RANK 阶
(at the foothills outside the city +
insert, introduce  — overlapping scaled armor=
A RANKER 阶

ji GRADE 级
(honored scroll of thread+overtake=Degree)
EXCEEDED AND OVERTOOK HONORABLY. 级