学外语要下功夫。
Learning a foreign language takes effort.
variant of 下工夫
Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.
Nice writing!
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.
学外语要下功夫。
Learning a foreign language takes effort.
你在哪方面下功夫?
What do you put your effort into?