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功夫

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gōng fu
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 3

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Definitions

  1. 1. skill
  2. 2. art
  3. 3. kung fu
  4. 4. labor
  5. 5. effort

Example Sentences

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我沒 功夫 吃飯。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10608372)

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Words Containing 功夫

下功夫
xià gōng fu

see 下工夫[xià gōng fu]

做功夫
zuò gōng fu

to practice (work skills)

功夫流感
gōng fu liú gǎn

Chinese translation of \kung flu\, a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a \Chinese\ disease

功夫球
gōng fu qiú

see 鐵球|铁球[tiě qiú]

功夫病毒
gōng fu bìng dú

kung flu

功夫茶
gōng fu chá

very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan

只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

抓功夫
zhuā gōng fu

to maximize one's time

Child Words of 功夫

功
gōng

meritorious deed or service

夫
fū

man

夫
fú

(classical) this, that

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