下功夫 [
xià gōng fu]
put in time and energy
concentrate one's efforts
- 要想学习好, 就得下功夫。
- 有些学生只是在考试前才开始下功夫背一些重要的要点。
Some students try to recite some important facts or rules just before the examinations. - 所以我们应该下功夫学习,但是我们也许这只是一个梦想。
So we should study hard, but I think maybe this is just a dream.