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Definition(s) for: 功夫不负有心人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 93,568 44,779 43,340

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gōng- meritorious deed or service
- achievement
- result
- service
- accomplishment
- work (physics)
- husband
- man
- manual worker
- conscripted laborer (old)
- (classical) this, that
- he, she, they
- (exclamatory final particle)
- (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- to bear
- to carry (on one's back)
- to turn one's back on
- to be defeated
- negative (math. etc)
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 功夫不负有心人

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo