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下功夫
xià​gōng​fu HSK7

to put in effort

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 下 xià verb
    to put in
    to put something into a container; to add ingredients into boiling water; to apply effort or use force; to cast a net
  2. 功夫 gōng​fu
    effort
    time and effort spent on a task; labor