下功夫
xià gōng fu
verbHSK 6
put effort into
Character Breakdown
下
xià
down
Radical: 一Strokes: 3
一ground
卜magic stick
功
gōng
merit, achievement
Radical: 力Strokes: 5
工cross-beam
力muscular arm
夫
fū
husband, man
Radical: 大Strokes: 4
二two
人person
Example Sentences
学外语要下功夫。
Xué wàiyǔ yào xià gōngfu.
Learning a foreign language requires effort.
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