shuǐ​mó​gōng​fu

painstaking work

  • created sense approved 水磨功夫 · shuǐ​mó​gōng​fu · painstaking work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水磨功夫

    shuǐ​mó​gōng​fu

    painstaking work

    patient and precise work; work that requires time and careful effort

    水磨 (literal) → 水磨 · shuǐ​mó · to wet-polish 功夫 (literal) → 功夫 · gōng​fu · effort

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  • created sense approved 水磨功夫 · shuǐ​mó​gōng​fu · terrazzo — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    水磨功夫

    shuǐ​mó​gōng​fu

    terrazzo

    polished stonework or flooring made by grinding stone chips with water and abrasives; water-polished work

    水磨 (literal) → 水磨 · shuǐ​mó · to wet-polish 功夫 (literal) → 功夫 · gōng​fu · skill

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

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