要功
yāo gōng
Pinyin

Definition

要功
 - 
yāo gōng
  1. variant of 邀功[yāo gōng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

要
yāo
  1. 1 to demand
  2. 2 to request
  3. 3 to coerce
主要
zhǔ yào
  1. 1 main
  2. 2 principal
  3. 3 major
  4. 4 primary
功夫
gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
功效
gōng xiào
  1. 1 efficacy
功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability

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
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
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
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我有一个律师朋友，他经常一边洗澡一边跟自己说中文呢！俗话说“只要功夫深，铁棒磨成针”嘛。大家一起加油哦！
wǒ yǒu yī gè lǜshī péngyou ，tā jīngcháng yībiān xǐzǎo yībiān gēn zìjǐ shuō Zhōngwén ne ！súhuà shuō “zhǐyàogōngfushēn，tiěbàngmóchéngzhēn ”ma 。dàjiā yīqǐ jiāyóu ò ！
I have a lawyer friend who often speaks Chinese to himself while he takes a shower! There's an expression, "Perseverance spells success". Let's all keep going together!
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