MEANING/意义
工夫
EXAMPLES/列句
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背单词要花很多工夫。It will take a lot of time to recite words.
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这点小事又费得了多大工夫?How long can this trivial matter possibly take? (rhetorical question)
COMBINATIONS/组合
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下工夫to put in time and energy,to work hard
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化工夫take time (seldom used)
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耽误工夫(spoken) to lose time,to get delayed
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枉费工夫to waste time,to spend one's time in vain
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滇红工夫茶Dianhong Gongfu tea