功
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meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
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- 功
- Common rank
- #545
- Unicode
- U+529F
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Words with 功
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成功大学 | National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), a public research university in Tainan, Taiwan | |
| 功利主义 | utilitarianism | |
| 非一日之功 | lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom); fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish | |
| 功德无量 | no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence | |
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) | |
| 医之好治不病以为功 | doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's… | |
| 功到自然成 | effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom) | |
| 文治武功 | political and military achievements (idiom) | |
| 马到成功 | to win instant success (idiom) | |
| 大功 | great merit; great service | |
| 基本功 | basic skills; fundamentals | |
| 头功 | first class merit | |
| 下功夫 | variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5] | |
| 功能性 | functionality | |
| 武功县 | Wugong, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 武功山 | Mt Wugong in Jiangxi | |
| 功能机 | feature phone | |
| 功成不居 | not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom) | |
| 多功能表 | multifunction meter (e.g. for gas and electricity supply) | |
| 功夫病毒 | kung flu |