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功
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Definitions
- 1. meritorious deed or service
- 2. achievement
- 3. result
- 4. service
- 5. accomplishment
- 6. work (physics)
Example Sentences
1 shown忘 功 不忘過，忘怨不忘恩。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 功
to work hard while accomplishing little
to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
achievements and crimes
see 下工夫[xià gōng fu]
achievements and virtue
half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
menu (software)
Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
to work to no avail (idiom)
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
to maximize one's time
political and military achievements (idiom)
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
function
functional module
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
brilliant (exploit)
hard work
to report a heroic deed
doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's \recovery\ (idiom)
management function
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
homework
multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply)
erectile dysfunction (ED)
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
diligent
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
military medal
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
transmission power
zero power reactor
to render meritorious military service
minister who has given outstanding service
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
outstanding military service
electric consumption
increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
power penalty
skill
timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
singing skill
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
twice the effort for half the result
rate of work
electric power (measured in watts)
efficacy
utility
see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]
feat
multifunctional
training in the basic skills
contribution
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
(military) meritorious service
sense of accomplishment
to request recognition for sb's merits
boasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[sān bù xiǔ])
to redeem oneself
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
war exploits
to rejoice in grandiose deeds
to practice (work skills)
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
to take the credit for sb's achievement
to review records and decide on rewards (idiom)
supernatural power
function library
functional group
merits and demerits
peak power output (of an electrical device etc)
to get undeserved rewards (idiom)
to achieve or accomplish goals
Chinese translation of \kung flu\, a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a \Chinese\ disease
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
Failure is the mother of success.
kidney function
to give credit
hyperthyroidism
function word
Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
achievement
hidden merits
scholarly honor (in imperial exams)
Wugong village in Shaanxi
to win instant success (idiom)
functionality
rate of work
merit
to evaluate the merit of sth
to do tai chi
utilitarianism
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom)
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
function
glorious achievement (idiom)
to claim credit for oneself
to win success and recognition (idiom)
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
to celebrate a heroic deed
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
power output (of an electrical device etc)
success at one go
Mt Wugong in Jiangxi
achievement
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
first class merit
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
great merit
kung flu
achievement
amazing powers
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qì] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
to accumulate merit and virtue
see 將功贖罪|将功赎罪[jiāng gōng shú zuì]
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
basic skills
analogous (evolutionary biology)
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[xián yáng], Shaanxi
optical power
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
successfully accomplished (project or goal)
to act (in opera)
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[tái dōng xiàn], southeast Taiwan
decree
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
functional group (chemistry)
to constrain and limit successful, capable people
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom)
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)