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勞師動眾
简 劳师动众 · 繁 勞師動眾Mandarin · pinyin láo shī dòng zhòng
Meanings
- (idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)
Characters in this entry
- 勞
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- 師
- shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
- 動
- dòng · move, happen; movement, action
- 眾
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- 劳
- láo · labor, toil, do manual work
- 师
- shī · teacher, master, specialist
- 动
- dòng · move, happen; movement, action
- 众
- zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public
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Mandarin tones
2–1–4–4 · lao2 shi1 dong4 zhong4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to mobilize a large number of people
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