费工夫 (費工夫)
fèi gōng fu
Pinyin

Definition

费工夫 (費工夫)
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fèi gōng fu
  1. to spend a great deal of time and effort
  2. (of a task) demanding
  3. exacting

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 份 fèn
  5. 5 classifier: 月 yuè

Idioms (18)

一夫当关,万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 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. 3 to study diligently
国家兴亡,匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 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
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.