功夫
HSK 3freq #3675
Meanings
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- 1.skill
- 2.art
- 3.kung fu
- 4.labor
- 5.effort
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Wiktionary
- 1.time available, required, or spent doing something
- 2.effort or labor applied to an undertaking, encompassing the actual work, chores, or manpower required
- 3.degree of mastery, skill, or internal cultivation acquired through prolonged discipline and practice (most notably referring to Chinese martial arts)
- 4.meticulous, exquisite, or careful as a result of invested effort
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Characters
Example sentences
我想解決這個問題，可是白費功夫。
I tried in vain to deal with the problem.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
下功夫功夫不負有心人功夫不负有心人功夫片功夫茶只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 / 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针吃功夫床上功夫抽功夫沒的功夫没的功夫白費功夫白费功夫磨功夫筆下功夫笔下功夫箱底功夫費功夫费功夫頂上功夫顶上功夫
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Related words
下功夫 variant of 下工夫[xià gōng fu]功夫球 see 铁球[tiě qiú]做功夫 to practice (work skills)抓功夫 to maximize one's time功夫茶 very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan功夫病毒 kung flu功夫流感 Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.