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)
• 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
• 抓功夫 to maximize one's time; to catch some time out; to find enough time

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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
• 卷二 Scroll 2 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 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
• 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷四百三十 列傳第一百八十九 道學四 朱氏門人 黃榦 李燔 張洽 陳淳 李方子 黃灝 Volume 430 Biographies 189: Taoist Scholars 4 - Zhu Shimenren, Huang Gan, Li Fan, Zhang Qia, Chen Chun, Li Fangzi, Huang Hao History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 73 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 第二十二回 Chapter 22 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 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
• 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