HSK 4 · noun · Practice
功夫
kung fu; skill; effort; time
他学习汉语下了很多功夫。
Tā xuéxí Hànyǔ xiàle hěn duō gōngfu.
He put a lot of effort into learning Chinese.
想学好汉语,就得下功夫。
Xiǎng xué hǎo Hànyǔ, jiù de xià gōngfu。
If you want to learn Chinese well, you have to put in the effort.