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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kung fu /kʊŋ ˈfuː, kʌŋ/

▶noun a Chinese martial art resembling karate.

– origin from Chin. gongfu, from gong ‘merit’ + fu ‘master’.

'kung fu' also found in these Oxford entries:

butterfly knife - chopsocky - discipline - jeet kune do - wing chun

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