下功夫

yào xiǎng xué xí hǎo jiù xū yào xià gōng fu

要想学习好，就需要下功夫。

If you want to study well, you must put in a lot of effort.

bù xià gōng fu nǐ jiù shén me dōu dé bù dào

不下功夫，你就什么都得不到。

Nothing can be obtained without efforts.

tā yào xiǎng zhǎo dào gōng zuò jiù xū yào zài miàn shì jì qiǎo shang xià gōng fu

他要想找到工作，就需要在面试技巧上下功夫。

He needs to work on her interview technique if she's going to get a job.

xué wài yǔ yào xià gōng fu

学外语要下功夫。

Learning another language takes effort.