功力
gōng lì
Pinyin

Definition

功力
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gōng lì
  1. merit
  2. efficacy
  3. competence
  4. skill
  5. power

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

力
Lì
  1. 1 surname Li
力量
lì liang
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 force
  3. 3 strength
功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability
努力
nǔ lì
  1. 1 great effort
  2. 2 to strive
  3. 3 to try hard
压力
yā lì
  1. 1 pressure

Idioms (20)

不成功便成仁
bù chéng gōng biàn chéng rén
  1. 1 to succeed or die trying (idiom)
不求有功，但求无过
bù qiú yǒu gōng , dàn qiú wú guò
  1. 1 lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk-averse approach
不遗余力
bù yí yú lì
  1. 1 to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
  1. 1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine

Sample Sentences

欸，孙太。瞧您春风满面的，您手上的那几支股应该给您赚了几套房了吧！您可得教教我了，以您的炒股功力，我看政府都该延揽你入阁给我们好好地搞搞经济了！
èi ，sūn tài 。qiáo nín chūnfēng mǎnmiàn de ，nín shǒushang de nà jǐ zhī gǔ yīnggāi gěi nín zhuàn le jǐ tào fáng le ba ！nín kě děi jiāo jiāo wǒ le ，yǐ nín de chǎogǔ gōnglì ，wǒ kàn zhèngfǔ dōu gāi yánlǎn nǐ rùgé gěi wǒmen hǎohāo de gǎogao jīngjì le ！
Agh, Mrs Sun. You're smiling very radiantly today, those stocks of yours have earned you several houses, yeah? You have to teach me. With your skill at speculation, the government should recruit you into the cabinet to take care of the economy for us!
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我一个大男人撒起娇来多没样子啊。改日我让我老婆来给你演示，她的撒娇功力我到现在都招架不住。
wǒ yī ge dà nánrén sā qǐ jiāo lái duō méi yàngzi a 。gǎirì wǒ ràng wǒ lǎopo lái gěi nǐ yǎnshì ，tā de sājiāo gōnglì wǒ dào xiànzài dōu zhāojià bùzhù 。
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