粵

苦fu2功gung1

fu2 gung1kǔ gōng

English

  1. hard work
  2. laborious effort
  3. painstaking work
  4. hard work; painstaking effort

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 出盡全力嘅練習，會令身心受到折磨

Examples

  • 要成功一定要下一番苦功。

    If you want to have success, you must make some painstaking effort.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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