下功夫

xià gōng fu

to put in time and energy

Example Sentences

想要真正掌握一门外语,就必须在听说读写上下功夫。

xiǎng yào zhēn zhèng zhǎng wò yī mén wài yǔ, jiù bì xū zài tīng shuō dú xiě shàng xià gōng fu.

If you want to truly master a foreign language, you must work hard on listening, speaking, reading and writing.

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