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功夫

[gōngfu]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

功夫 [gōngfu]

1. noun Kung Fu, abilities and skills, especially in martial arts

带你去领略一下少林功夫如何？

How about letting me show you some Shaolin martial arts skills?
2. noun See 工夫 (gōngfu), now usually written as 工夫.

我在写作业，没功夫和你玩。

I am doing my homework and have no time to play with you.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

功夫 [gōngfu]

1. 名本领，技能；特指武术方面的本领、技能

他的画很见功夫

中国功夫。
2. 现在一般写作"工夫"。

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Examples

功夫不纯: not skilful enough
耽误功夫: waste time
下过一番功夫: have put in a lot of time and effort
她一边说话一边干活，不肯荒废半点功夫。: She worked while she chatted, not wasting a single moment.
没功夫跟你嚼舌。: I've got no time to argue with you.
他是个大忙人，哪有功夫上这儿来。: He's a busy man and certainly doesn't have the time to come here.
我没功夫跟他磨嘴皮子。: I can't afford to waste my time arguing with him.
功夫浅: have superficial mastery of a skill
你现在不下功夫，日后会吃苦头的。: If you don't work hard now, you'll suffer for it later.
一大碗面，他一会儿功夫就都入肚了。: He consumed a big bowlful of noodles in no time.; 46 more results

Collocations

很有功夫: to have a lot of time
功夫很深: strong skills
功夫片: a kung fu film
硬功夫: great skills

Word Decomposition

功 [gōng]	+	夫 [fū]

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