(idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)
trad. 勞師動眾
Also written 勞師動眾【láo shī dòng zhòng】
Characters in this word
4劳
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surname Lao
- Pinyin
- Láo
- Traditional
- 勞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15990 of 2500
师
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Traditional
- 師
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5008 of 2500
动
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(of sth) to move, to set in movement, to displace, to touch, to make use of, to stir (emotions), to alter, abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Traditional
- 動
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1317 of 2500
众
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abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
- Pinyin
- Zhòng
- Traditional
- 眾
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 20373 of 2500