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HSK
function; capability
HSK 3
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
to succeed / success / successful; fruitful
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
efficacy
HSK 7-9
power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
HSK 7-9
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
glorious achievement (idiom)
outstanding military service
function
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
Failure is the mother of success.
functionality
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup)
to render meritorious military service
meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service; hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
HSK 7-9
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
(military) meritorious service
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
utility
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
sense of accomplishment
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
utilitarianism
meritorious service; distinguished contribution; achievement of great merit
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
functional module
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
singing skill
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
political and military achievements (idiom)
successfully accomplished (project or goal) / to be highly successful
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
to achieve or accomplish goals
to win instant success (idiom)
to win success and recognition (idiom)
to take the credit for sb's achievement
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
to work to no avail (idiom)
menu (software)
to celebrate a heroic deed
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
optical power
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to accumulate merit and virtue
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫)
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
to practice (work skills)
electric consumption / power wastage
to report a heroic deed / to mention sb in dispatches
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
hidden merits
first class merit
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
function word
erectile dysfunction (ED)
high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
to claim credit for oneself
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
brilliant (exploit); meritorious (achievement)
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
kidney function
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
achievements and crimes
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
to redeem oneself / to atone
to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)
function library
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
(idiom) to have made significant contributions to a project or cause
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan

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