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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
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meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
HSK 7-9
efficacy
HSK 7-9
rate of work / power (output)
HSK 7-9
to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽) / to make worthy contributions / to distinguish oneself
HSK 7-9
training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
HSK 7-9
merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power
HSK 7-9
diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort
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
basic skills / fundamentals
HSK 7-9
multifunctional / multifunction
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
electric consumption / power wastage
function
qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
outstanding military service
to celebrate a heroic deed
feat / contribution / merits and achievements
to do tai chi / to practice kung-fu (or other martial art) / to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
singing skill
to achieve or accomplish goals
utility
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats
(military) meritorious service
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
(physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera)
achievement / outstanding work / glorious deed
merits and demerits / contributions and errors
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to win success and recognition (idiom)
to give credit / to give sb his due / attribution
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
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)
to win instant success (idiom)
glorious achievement (idiom)
successfully accomplished (project or goal) / to be highly successful
to work to no avail (idiom)
no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
to take the credit for sb's achievement
hidden merits
achievements and virtue
great merit / great service
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
war exploits / (fig.) heroic contribution
achievements and crimes
to claim credit for oneself
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 hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
brilliant (exploit); meritorious (achievement)
hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work
to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts
to request recognition for sb's merits / to recommend sb for promotion or an award
first class merit
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
to report a heroic deed / to mention sb in dispatches
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
to redeem oneself / to atone
to get undeserved rewards (idiom)
to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom)
to show off one's accomplishments (often derog.)
power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器)
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
to evaluate the merit of sth
achievement
to take credit for sb else's achievements
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
functionality
political and military achievements (idiom)
utilitarianism
Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
Mt Wugong in Jiangxi
to succeed or die trying (idiom)
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
supernatural power / extrasensory perception
to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
optical power
decree
military medal
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
transmission power / output power
to practice (work skills)
function word
high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
hyperthyroidism / abbr. to 甲亢

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