ChineseSkillDICTIONARY
CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD

下功夫

xià gōng fuHSK 6

下功夫 (xià gōng fu) is an HSK 6 Chinese word with 1 definition and 2 bilingual examples.

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DEFINITIONS1
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Definitions & Usage

Meanings and examples

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verb 动

  1. Englishto put in time and energy

    • EX
      想学好汉语，就要每天认真下功夫。

      If you want to learn Chinese well, you need to put in serious effort every day.

    • EX
      他一直在发音方面下功夫，所以说得越来越自然。

      He has been putting a lot of effort into his pronunciation, so his speech is becoming more and more natural.