费工夫 (費工夫) fèigōngfu

fèigōngfu verb to spend a great deal of time and effort; (of a task) demanding; exacting
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '費工夫')

Contained in

• 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫(踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫) to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

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• 第三十六回 Chapter 36 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
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• 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1