下功夫

xià gōng fu

HSK 6

Meaning

花时间和精力去做某事，努力。

To put in effort, to work hard, to devote time and energy.

通常用于描述某人为了达到某个目标或掌握某项技能而付出努力。

Used to describe someone making a conscious effort to achieve a goal or master a skill.

1 他为了通过考试，每天下功夫学习。 (He puts in effort every day to study in order to pass the exam.)
2 她在钢琴上下了很大功夫，现在弹得非常好。 (She has put a lot of effort into the piano, and now she plays very well.)
3 如果你不在口语上下功夫，你的中文水平很难提高。 (If you don't put effort into spoken language, it's hard to improve your Chinese.)
4 这个项目需要我们在细节上多下功夫。 (This project requires us to put more effort into details.)
5 只有下功夫钻研，才能掌握这门技术。 (Only by putting in effort to study can you master this skill.)

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