煞费苦心
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort
verbidiom
Traditional: 煞費苦心
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Definitions
- (verb, idiom) to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
- at the cost of a lot of effort
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Related Words
不厌其烦(bù yàn qí fán)— not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
→一柱擎天(yī zhù qíng tiān)— lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
→周章(zhōu zhāng)— effort
→平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚(píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo)— lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
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