下功夫

xià gōngfu

to put in effort

HSK 3.0 word list · Band 6
Dictionary entry

to put in effort; to work hard at

Watch it being written

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See it in sentences

学外语要下功夫。

Xué wàiyǔ yào xià gōngfu.

English

Learning a foreign language takes effort.

你在哪方面下功夫？

Nǐ zài nǎ fāngmiàn xià gōngfu?

English

What do you put your effort into?

Built with this character · 22 words

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