下工夫

下
工
夫
to put in time and energy / to concentrate one's efforts

Characters and words in 下工夫

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.
下
工
to knock off (at the end of a day's work) / to finish work
工
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
工 = 二 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.
工
夫
(old) laborer
工
夫
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / 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 下工夫

下工夫 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 下工夫

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