勞神費力
láo​shén​fèi​lì

to tax one's mind and strength

  • created sense approved 劳神费力/勞神費力 · láo​shén​fèi​lì · to tax one's mind and strength — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    劳神费力 / 勞神費力

    láo​shén​fèi​lì

    to tax one's mind and strength

    (set phrase) to exhaust one's spirit and physical energy; to be a drain on one's mental and physical resources

    劳神 (literal) → 劳神/勞神 · láo​shén · to tire the mind 费力 (literal) → 费力/費力 · fèi​lì · strenuous

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense