下功夫

下
功
夫
see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

Characters and words in 下功夫

下
xià = xi + a4
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.
功
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
功 = 力 + 工 : Gitta Giraffe practices her Kung Fu skills in front of the engine with a sparring robot made out of steel beams. The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu, but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button and turns it off.
功
夫
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
夫
fu̅ = fu + Ø1
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
夫 = 二 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker
夫 = 二 + 人 : In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.
夫
fú = fu + Ø2
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Words with 下功夫

下功夫 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 下功夫

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