1 function

2 capability

1 medal

2 decoration

1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan

1 meritorious deed or service

2 achievement

3 result

4 service

5 accomplishment

6 work (physics)

1 merit

2 efficacy

3 competence

4 skill

5 power

1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)

1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)

2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach

1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results

2 a stitch in time saves nine

1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent

2 articulate

1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)

2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain