煞費苦心

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to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking · at the cost of a lot of effort

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
  2. at the cost of a lot of effort

Written Forms

煞費苦心Traditional · Main Form
煞费苦心Alternate Form

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