下工夫(xià gōng fu): to put in time and energy
3 characters
to put in time and energy
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- xià gōng fu
- Meaning
- to put in time and energy
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 3
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 下工夫 — tap one to open its word page.
xià下lái来
HSK 3to come down
yī一xià下zǐ子
HSK 5once; one time
shàng上xià下
HSK 5the top and bottom of sth
xià下yī一dài代
HSK 7-9the next generation
xià下lìng令
HSK 7-9to give an order; to issue an order
xià下gōng功fū夫
HSK 7-9variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
yī一xià下
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or su…
yī一qì气zhī之xià下
in a fit of pique
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