大费周折 — “To go through a great deal of trouble and complication”
大费周折 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to go through a great deal of trouble and complication”. To take much painstaking effort to accomplish something.
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大费周折 Pronunciation and Pinyin
大费周折 Character Breakdown
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她为了找到那本绝版书，大费周折，跑遍了城里所有的书店。
She went through a great deal of trouble, visiting all the bookstores in the city, just to find that out-of-print book.
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- dà大yì义lǐn凛rán然awe-inspiring righteousness
- dà大yì义miè灭qīn亲uphold justice over family loyalty
- dà大shū书tè特shū书write about with great emphasis
- dà大shì事bù不hú糊tú涂clear-headed in important affairs
- dà大shì事huà化xiǎo小reduce a major problem to a minor one
- dà大shì事huà化xiǎo小，，xiǎo小shì事huà化wú无reduce big problems to nothing
- dà大shì事qù去yǐ矣Major matters are beyond recovery
- dà大shì事wán完bì毕major tasks completed
- dà大shì事yǐ已rán然The major event is already done
- dà大shì事pū铺zhāng张make an extravagant display for big events
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What does 大费周折 mean?
大费周折 (dà fèi zhōu zhé) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to go through a great deal of trouble and complication”.
How do you pronounce 大费周折?
大费周折 is pronounced dà fèi zhōu zhé in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 大费周折?
周折：曲折，不顺利。形容事情复杂，办起来十分困难