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Traditional
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HSK
to succeed / success / successful; fruitful
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
HSK 7-9
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
singing skill
political and military achievements (idiom)
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
to take the credit for sb's achievement
to work to no avail (idiom)
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to accumulate merit and virtue
to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
to win instant success (idiom)
outstanding military service
(loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup)
to claim credit for oneself
to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)
to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
(military) meritorious service
hidden merits
first class merit
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
Koxinga (1624-1662), military leader
to render meritorious military service
to celebrate a heroic deed
to give credit / to give sb his due / attribution
ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
to take credit for sb else's achievements
brilliant (exploit); meritorious (achievement)
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats
hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work
doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)
to report a heroic deed / to mention sb in dispatches
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
(evolutionary biology) analogous
to evaluate the merit of sth
great merit / great service
variant of 女紅|女红
variant of 邀功


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