"功夫" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 功夫 | gōng fu | skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort |   | |
Results beginning with 功夫 | ||||
| 功夫茶 | gōng fu chá | very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan | | |
| 功夫球 | gōng fu qiú | see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2] | | |
| 功夫病毒 | gōng fu bìng dú | kung flu | | |
| 功夫流感 | gōng fu liú gǎn | Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease | | |
Approximate Results for 功夫 | ||||
| 下功夫 | xià gōng fu | see 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5] | | |
| 抓功夫 | zhuā gōng fu | to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫) | | |
| 做功夫 | zuò gōng fu | to practice (work skills) | | |
| 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 | zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn | 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 | | |
