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HSK
function; capability
HSK 3
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
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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
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
function
functionality
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
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)
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)
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
utilitarianism
achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society)
contribution / meritorious service / credit
HSK 7-9
functional module
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
to win success and recognition (idiom)
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
menu (software)
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
electric consumption / power wastage
function word
high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
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)
function library
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
functional group (chemistry)
to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
functional group
achievements and virtue
decree
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
achievement
kung flu
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease


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