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苦功

/ kǔgōng /
Strokes

Definition

hard work/laborious effort/painstaking work

Example

As a Noun

hard work; painstaking efforts

1
Xuéhǎo
学好
mén
yán
语言
不易
  
,
fēi
xiàgōng
下苦功
不可
  

The mastery of a language is not easy and requires painstaking efforts.

2
Xiàgōng
下苦功
yánjiū
研究
wèn
问题

take pains to study the problem

3
Xiàgōng
下苦功
xué
学习

study hard