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HSK
skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort
HSK 3
homework / assignment / task / classwork / lesson / study / CL: 門|门
HSK 3
function; capability
HSK 3
rate of work / power (output)
HSK 7-9
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  *功* | 功* | *功
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
efficacy
HSK 7-9
contribution / meritorious service / credit
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
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
functional module
to win success and recognition (idiom)
achievements and crimes
function
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
decree
utility
achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
achievement / meritorious deed / contributions (for the good of society)
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)
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
electric consumption / power wastage
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
functional group
achievements and virtue
achievement
functional group (chemistry)
functionality
utilitarianism
menu (software)
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
function library
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
function word
position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease
kung flu
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
power penalty
power output (of an electrical device etc)
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements


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