下工夫

xià gōng fu

Definitionen

1. to put in time and energy
2. to concentrate one's efforts

Bestandteilwörter von 下工夫

• 下 xià: down
• 工夫 gōng fu: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
• 下工 xià gōng: to knock off (at the end of a day's work)
• 夫 fū: man
• 夫 fú: (classical) this, that
• 工 gōng: work