mou̯²¹ mɪk̚² t͡sʰyː³³ tɐk̚⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/ <span class="searchmatch">踏破鐵鞋</span><span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> (xiehouyu) One will search high and low only to find it when one least...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">踏破鐵鞋</span><span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span>...
/fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/ <span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> to take time and energy; to be time-consuming; to be exacting; to be demanding <span class="searchmatch">踏破鐵鞋</span><span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> / 踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来<span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span>费<span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù...
Comes from the phrase: <span class="searchmatch">踏破鐵鞋</span><span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span>. Mandarin (Pinyin): tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄨˊ ㄇㄧˋ ㄔㄨˋ Cantonese (Jyutping): daap6 po3...
gōngfu) 賣工夫 / 卖工夫 賣零工夫 / 卖零<span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> 踏破芒鞋沒<span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> / 踏破芒鞋没觅处,得来<span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span>费<span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> 踏破草鞋<span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> / 踏破草鞋无觅处,得来<span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span>费<span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> <span class="searchmatch">踏破鐵鞋</span><span class="searchmatch">無</span><span class="searchmatch">覓</span><span class="searchmatch">處</span>,<span class="searchmatch">得來</span><span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span><span class="searchmatch">費</span><span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> / 踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来<span class="searchmatch">全</span><span class="searchmatch">不</span>费<span class="searchmatch">工夫</span> (tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù,...