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HSK
to succeed / success / successful; fruitful
HSK 3
function; capability
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
efficacy
HSK 7-9
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  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
rate of work / power (output)
HSK 7-9
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service; hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
HSK 7-9
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
successfully accomplished (project or goal) / to be highly successful
to accumulate merit and virtue
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
achievement
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
to win success and recognition (idiom)
(evolutionary biology) analogous
to claim credit for oneself
utilitarianism
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats
to render meritorious military service
Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
function
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 get undeserved rewards (idiom)
singing skill
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
Mt Wugong in Jiangxi
menu (software)
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
outstanding military service
to work to no avail (idiom)
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
to celebrate a heroic deed
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
to achieve or accomplish goals
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
great merit / great service
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
glorious achievement (idiom)
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
military medal
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
electric power (measured in watts)
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
function library
Failure is the mother of success.
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
hidden merits
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
(military) meritorious service
achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed
to win instant success (idiom)
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
political and military achievements (idiom)
first class merit
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society)
to redeem oneself / to atone
to take the credit for sb's achievement
(idiom) to have made significant contributions to a project or cause
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
decree
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
utility
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work
to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)
electric consumption / power wastage
achievements and crimes
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
variant of 邀功
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
to constrain and limit successful, capable people
amazing powers / miraculous skill

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