kung fu

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  1. noun Any of various Chinese martial arts, especially those forms in which sharp blows and kicks are applied to pressure points on the body of an opponent.

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  1. Chinese (Mandarin) gōngfu, skill, art : gōng, worker, work + fū, man, laborer.
 

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