用功
yòng gōng
Pinyin

Definition

用功
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yòng gōng
  1. diligent
  2. industrious (in one's studies)
  3. to study hard
  4. to make great effort

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability
成功
Chéng gōng
  1. 1 Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tái dōng Xiàn], southeast Taiwan
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
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
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
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他比你还用功，难怪能考第一名！
tā bǐ nǐ hái yònggōng ，nánguài néng kǎo dìyī míng ！
He’s more hardworking than you, no wonder he came in first!
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我爸也都说我不用功，每天只知道上网玩游戏。
wǒ bà yě dōu shuō wǒ bú yònggōng ，měitiān zhǐ zhīdào shàngwǎng wán yóuxì 。
My dad says I'm lazy too and that every day I play games online.
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我也想要用功啊，可是英文那么难，用功还是学不好。
wǒ yě xiǎngyào yònggōng ā ，kěshì Yīngwén nàme nán ，yònggōng háishì xuébuhǎo 。
I want to be a good student too, but English is too hard. However hard I study it, it just doesn't go in.
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还真没看出来你竟然这么用功，听你这么一说，我都觉得惭愧。
hái zhēn méi kàn chūlái nǐ jìngrán zhème yònggōng ，tīng nǐ zhème yī shuō ，wǒ dōu juéde cánkuì 。
I would never have picked you for such a hard worker. Hearing you talk like this, I feel ashamed.
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哎，你可不能睁着眼睛说瞎话啊，我用功的时候多了去了，还得天天跟你汇报啊？
āi ，nǐ kě bùnéng zhēngzheyǎnjingshuōxiāhuà ā ，wǒ yònggōng de shíhou duōleqù le ，hái děi tiāntiān gēn nǐ huìbào ā ？
Ah, you can't just sit there and spout this nonsense, I work hard all the time, so I have to give account to you every day too?
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用功、好学
yònggōng 、hǎoxué
studious, eager to learn
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他是一个用功的学生，总是在图书馆念书。
tā shì yī gè yònggōng de xuésheng ，zǒngshì zài túshūguǎn niàn shū 。
He is a very studious person, he is always studying in the library.
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你看电视的时候，人家都在用功学习，补课。现在竞争这么激烈，你自己不抓紧可不行啊！
nǐ kàn diànshì de shíhou ，rénjiā dōu zài yònggōng xuéxí ，bǔkè 。xiànzài jìngzhēng zhème jīliè ，nǐzìjǐ bù zhuājǐn kě bùxíng ā ！
While you’re watching TV, everyone else is studying hard and doing extra lessons. The competition these days is so fierce; if you don’t stay on top of it, you won’t make it!
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我又不是不用功，我的成绩已经算不错了，每次都排前十。你怎么还不满意？
wǒ yòu bù shì bù yònggōng ，wǒ de chéngjì yǐjīng suàn búcuò le ，měicì dōu pái qián shí 。nǐ zěnme hái bù mǎnyì ？
I’m not only hard-working--my grades are already quite good. I’m always ranked in the top ten. How can you still not be satisfied?
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啊哟，你这么用功，在学日语！
āyō ，nǐ zhème yònggōng ，zài xué rìyǔ ！
Wow, you're so hard-working, studying Japanese!
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