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下功夫

下功夫 (xià gōng fu): To put in effort (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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下功夫 consists of 3 characters.

achievement, merit, work, result

husband; man; adult male

Word Info

Pinyinxià gōng fu

Meaningto put in effort; to work hard

Characters3

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

Syntaxverb

Word下功夫

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3.

Example Sentences with 下功夫

tā他

xià下

gōng功

fu夫

yán研

jiū究

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

，

zhōng终

yú于

zhǎo找

dào到

le了

dá答

àn案

。

He put in the effort to study this problem and finally found the answer.

zài在

zhèng正

shì式

bào报

gào告

zhōng中

，

xià下

gōng功

fū

夫

hé核

shí实

shù数

jù据

shì是

bì必

yào要

de的

。

In formal reports, it is necessary to put effort into verifying the data.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 下功夫.

Words with 下

下午xià wǔHSK 1
下班xià bānHSK 1
下课xià kèHSK 1
下雨xià yǔHSK 1
一下yī xiàHSK 2
下去xià quHSK 2
下来xià laiHSK 2
下面xià miànHSK 2

Words with 功

功夫gōng fuHSK 4
功课gōng kèHSK 4
成功chéng gōngHSK 4
功能gōng néngHSK 5
用功yòng gōngHSK 5
功劳gōng láoHSK 6
功效gōng xiàoHSK 6
气功

Words with 夫

丈夫zhàng fuHSK 2
夫妻fū qīHSK 3
功夫gōng fuHSK 4
大夫dài fuHSK 4
夫人fū renHSK 6
夫妇fū fùHSK 6
工夫gōng fūHSK 6
懦夫

qì gōng

HSK 6

nuò fū