煞费苦心
Traditional form:
煞費苦心
Pinyin (reading):
shàfèikǔxīn
Definitions:
- to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
- at the cost of a lot of effort
Characters:
- 煞 - demon, fiend; baleful, noxious
- 费 - expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
- 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
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