功夫

skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort

meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

to practice (work skills)

Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease

see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]

kung flu

very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / 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 / to study diligently

to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫)