体力活
muscular labor
manual labor
重体力活
ass work
他靠干体力活谋生。
He exists by muscular labor
去年，如同成千上万的人一样，我被一家网络公司裁了员，这些网络公司火爆一时，如今都已成了昨日黄花。由于就业市场萎缩，我不得不去干体力活。
Like thousands last year, I was downsized from one of those sizzling dotcoms, now dot－gone. Faced with a shrinking job market, I turned to manual labor.
参考资料：【简明汉英词典】