煞費周章
shà​fèi​zhōu​zhāng

to take great pains

  • created sense approved 煞费周章/煞費周章 · shà​fèi​zhōu​zhāng · to take great pains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    煞费周章 / 煞費周章

    shà​fèi​zhōu​zhāng

    to take great pains

    to go to a lot of trouble; to spend a great deal of effort or energy

    煞, 费, 周章

    煞 (literal) → 煞 · shà · very 费周章 (literal) → 费周章/費周章 · fèi​zhōu​zhāng · to take great pains

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

    created sense