粵

下haa6功gung1夫fu1

haa6 gung1 fu1xià gōng fu

English

  1. variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
  2. to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 花時間、努力、心機去做某啲嘢

Examples

  • 你要做鋼琴家,就一定要好好下功夫。

    If you want to become a pianist, you must put a lot of time and effort into practice.

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

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