created sense approved 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 · tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchùdéláiquánbùfèigōngfū · to find something by chance after a long search — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchùdéláiquánbùfèigōngfū
to find something by chance after a long search
finding something by luck after an exhaustive but unsuccessful search; literally meaning to wear out iron shoes searching in vain, only to find it without effort later
踏破铁鞋 (literal) → 踏破铁鞋/踏破鐵鞋 · tàpòtiěxié · to search high and low 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 觅 (literal) → 觅/覓 · mì · to seek 处 (literal) → 处/處 · chù · place ， (non_chinese) 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 全 (literal) → 全 · quán · completely 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 费工夫 (literal) → 费工夫/費工夫 · fèigōngfu · time-consuming
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 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 · tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchùdéláiquánbùfèigōngfu · to find something easily after an arduous search — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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
tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchùdéláiquánbùfèigōngfu
to find something easily after an arduous search
To travel far and wide looking for something, only to find it by chance and without effort.
踏破铁鞋 (literal) → 踏破铁鞋/踏破鐵鞋 · tàpòtiěxié · to search high and low 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 觅 (bound) → 觅/覓 · mì · to seek 处 (bound) → 处/處 · chù · place ， (non_chinese) 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · [directional] 全 (literal) → 全 · quán · completely 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 费工夫 (literal) → 费工夫/費工夫 · fèigōngfu · time-consuming
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition