No. 2,669 in Chinese
下功夫
"下功夫" means "to put in effort or work hard."
In a sentence
他在学习英语方面下了很多功夫。
He has put a lot of effort into studying English.
In this sentence, '下功夫' means to put in effort or devote time and energy to a task.
如果你想在这种舞蹈中有所成就，你必须下功夫练习。
If you want to achieve in this type of dance, you must put in effort to practice.
Here, '下功夫' emphasizes putting focused effort into practicing a skill.
要想理解这个复杂的概念，我们需要在研究上真正下功夫。
To understand this complex concept, we need to truly put effort into research.
In this example, '下功夫' refers to dedicating effort and resources to deepen comprehension or reach a goal.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “下功夫” in actual Chinese podcasts.
Find “下功夫” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Chinese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 中文, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Chinese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).