gōng fu
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
spare time
skill
labor
effort
yī fu
clothes
CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
piān fu
length (of a piece of writing)
space occupied on a printed page
shén fu
Christian priest or clergyman
(spiritual) father
gōng fu
skill
art
kung fu
labor
effort
bāo fu
wrapping cloth
a bundle wrapped in cloth
load
weight
burden
funny part
punchline
duì fu
to handle
to deal with
to cope
to get by with
xià gōng fu
to put in time and energy
to concentrate one's efforts
jiě fu
(coll.) older sister's husband
shī fu
master
qualified worker
respectful form of address for older men
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
shī fu
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan)
master
qualified worker
bù shū fu
unwell
feeling ill
to feel uncomfortable
uneasy
chòu dòu fu
stinky tofu
strong-smelling preserved beancurd
fig. rough exterior but lovable person
chī dòu fu
to eat tofu
to flirt
to tease
dòu fu zhā
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
yí fu
mother's sister's husband
husband of mother's sister
gōng fu chá
very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
Hè lǔ xiǎo fu
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964
dòu fu zhā gōng chéng
jerry-built building project
lit. built on soybean dregs
dòu fu nǎo
jellied tofu
soft bean curd
gū fu
father's sister's husband
husband of paternal aunt
uncle
yìng fu zì rú
to handle matters with ease (idiom); equal to the situation
sī xiǎng bāo fu
sth weighing on one's mind
fàng xia bāo fu
to lay down a heavy burden
yí fu
husband of mother's sister
uncle
gōng fu chá
very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2]
guāng lù dài fu
honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
mò dòu fu
to grumble
to chatter away incessantly
shuǎi bāo fu
lit. to fling off a bundle
fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth
to wash one's hands of the matter
zuò gōng fu
to practice (work skills)
wú dú bù zhàng fu
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
gū fu
father's sister's husband
husband of paternal aunt
uncle
tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
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
dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn
A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.
ready to give and take
flexible
zhí xí fu
brother's son's wife
nephew's wife
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