費事

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See also: 费事

Chinese

 
to cost; to spend; fee
to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (費事)
simp. (费事)
alternative forms 廢事废事 Cantonese senses

Pronunciation


Note: hui3 se7 - Chaozhou.

Verb

費事

  1. to take a lot of trouble to do something
  2. (Cantonese) to not feel like doing something; to not bother to do something
    費事费事 [Cantonese]  ―  fai3 si6 coi2 nei5!   ―  I couldn't care less about you!
  3. (Cantonese) to avoid
    費事 [Cantonese, trad.]
    费事 [Cantonese, simp.]
    naa4, waan4 faan1 bat1 cin4 bei2 nei5, fai3 si6 caang1 nei5 gam3 noi6 laa1.
    Here, I'm returning you the money, so that I don't owe you any longer.

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Adjective

費事

  1. time-consuming; troublesome; involving a hassle
    這麼費事不如方法 [MSC, trad.]
    这么费事不如方法 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhème zuò tài fèishì, bùrú huàn ge fāngfǎ.
    Doing it this way is too troublesome - it would be better to try another way.

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