Meaning of 下功夫
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiàgōngfu
- variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
Stroke order for each character
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下 xià · down · 3 strokes
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功 gōng · meritorious deed or service · 5 strokes
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夫 fū · man · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 下功夫.
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 留下 | liúxia | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
Questions about 下功夫
What does 下功夫 mean?
下功夫 (xià gōngfu) means "variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]".
How do you write 下功夫?
下功夫 is made of 3 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 功 (5 strokes), 夫 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 下功夫 an HSK word?
Yes. 下功夫 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.