to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort
trad. 煞費苦心
Also written 煞費苦心【shà fèi kǔ xīn】
Characters in this word
4煞
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to terminate, to cut short, to bring to a stop, to squeeze, to tighten, to damage, variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
- Pinyin
- shā
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 38139 of 2500
费
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surname Fei
- Pinyin
- Fèi
- Traditional
- 費
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3520 of 2500
苦
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bitter, hardship, pain, to suffer, to bring suffering to, painstakingly
- Pinyin
- kǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5535 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500