công lực
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 功力.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ lɨk̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ lɨk̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəwŋ͡m˧˧ lɨk̚˨˩˨]
Noun
- trained skill with high effect on its object
- 2005, chapter 35, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
- […] kẻ có công lực như thế trên đời chỉ có lơ thơ vài người.
- […] people with that level of effective skill are few and far between.
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