xià
gōng
fu

common
verb

Meaning of 下工夫

下工夫 means to put in considerable time and effort; to work hard at; to make a great effort. Pronounced xià gōng fu.

  • to put in considerable time and effort; to work hard at; to make a great effort

Definitions & Examples

Yào
xiǎng
shù
xué
hǎo
 
jiù
děi
xià
gōng
fu
 

If you want to master the skill, you must put in the time and effort.

zài
wén
shàng
céng
jīng
xià
guò
fān
gōng
fu
 

He once put considerable effort into studying classical Chinese.

Zuò
yán
jiū
néng
zào
 
xià
gōng
fu
 

One cannot be impatient when doing research; one must put in painstaking effort.

Measure Words

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