工夫
Meaning
- period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
- spare time
- skill
Example sentence
没工夫休息的人，早晚会有工夫生病的。
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
Characters in 工夫
- 工 gōng work, labour; skilled craft
- 夫 fū husband; a grown man
工 labour plus 夫, a man. The labour a man puts in, hence the time and effort something takes.