费工夫 (費工夫)
fèi gōng fu
Pinyin
Definition
费工夫 (費工夫)
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- to spend a great deal of time and effort
- (of a task) demanding
- exacting
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 skill
- 2 art
- 3 kung fu
- 4 labor
- 5 effort
- 1 staff
- 2 personnel
- 3 employee
- 1 husband and wife
- 2 married couple
Idioms (18)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
偷工减料
- 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
- 2 jerry-building
- 3 sloppy work
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
- 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- 3 to study diligently
国家兴亡,匹夫有责
- 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
天下兴亡,匹夫有责
- 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.