事半功倍
shì​bàn​gōng​bèi

twice the result with half the effort

  • created sense approved 事半功倍 · shì​bàn​gōng​bèi · twice the result with half the effort — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事半功倍

    shì​bàn​gōng​bèi

    twice the result with half the effort

    to achieve great results with very little effort; efficient

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · half 功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · achievement 倍 (literal) → 倍 · bèi · to double

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

    created sense