费工夫
fèi​gōng​fu

time-consuming

  • created sense approved 费工夫/費工夫 · fèi​gōng​fu · time-consuming — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    费工夫 / 費工夫

    fèi​gōng​fu

    time-consuming

    to spend a great deal of time and effort; to be demanding or exacting

    费, 工夫

    费 (literal) → 费/費 · fèi · to exert 工夫 (literal) → 工夫 · gōng​fu · effort

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

    created sense