功夫 gōngfu

1. gōngfu noun skill; art
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 本领 (CC-CEDICT '功夫'; Guoyu '功夫' 2)
2. gōngfu noun kungfu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Martial Arts
   Notes: In the sense of 武术 (CC-CEDICT '功夫'; Guoyu '功夫' 1)
3. gōngfu noun time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 时间 (CC-CEDICT '功夫'; Guoyu '功夫' 3)
4. gōngfu noun time spent; labor
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '功夫'; Guoyu '功夫' 4)

Contained in

• 做功夫 to practice (work skills)
• 抓功夫 to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time
• 功夫茶 a type and tradition of tea
• 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針) 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; to persevere in a difficult task

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• 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
• 第十五回 Chapter 15 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
• 卷十　　陳本紀下第十 宣帝 後主 Volume 10 Chen Annals 2: Emperor Xuan, Later Rulers History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
• 第二十五回 Chapter 25 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第二十二回 Chapter 22 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷二十二　列傳第十二 王曇首 Volume 22 Biographies 12: Wang Tanshou History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
• 《述而第七》 Commentary on Shu Er VII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 功夫少 (功夫少) 功夫少於欣 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷三十三 列傳第十四 王僧虔 張緒 Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu — count: 2
• 天功夫 (天功夫) 怕不也還要三四十天功夫 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 2