踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫
Traditional form:
踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫
Pinyin (reading):
tàpòtiěxiéwúmìchù,déláiquánbùfèigōngfu
Definitions:
- to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
Characters:
- 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 铁 - iron; strong, solid, firm
- 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 觅 - to seek; to search
- 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 全 - whole, entire, complete; to preserve
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 费 - expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
- 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker
- 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
Traditional characters:
- 踏 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over
- 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 鐵 - iron; strong, solid, firm
- 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general
- 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 覓 - to seek; to search
- 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 全 - whole, entire, complete; to preserve
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 費 - expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
- 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker
- 夫 - man, husband; worker; those