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下功夫

xià gōng fu

HSK 3.0 level 6 3-character word

下功夫 (xià gōng fu) means "to put in time and effort". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下功夫 means

1. variant of {下工夫|xià gōng fu}

The characters in 下功夫

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker

Sounds the same

Read xià gōng fu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 下工夫to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts

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