下工夫
xià​gōng​fu

to put in time and energy

  • created reference approved 下工夫 → 下功夫 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下工夫 xià​gōng​fu

    下功夫 xià​gōng​fu

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 下工夫 · xià​gōng​fu · to put in time and energy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    下工夫

    xià​gōng​fu

    to put in time and energy

    To spend a significant amount of time and effort in order to accomplish something or master a skill; also written as [[下功夫|下功夫|xia4 gong1 fu5]].

    xià​gōng​fū

    下, 工夫

    下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to put in 工夫 (literal) → 工夫 · gōng​fu · effort

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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