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大費周章

简大费周章 · 繁大費周章

Mandarin · pinyin dà fèi zhōu zhāng

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4–4–1–1 · da4 fei4 zhou1 zhang1

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daai6 fai3 zau1 zoeng1

Cantonese word readings for 大費周章. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

daai6 fai3 zau1 zoeng1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to spend a lot of time and effort to handle a complicated matter; to go to a lot of trouble to handle a difficult matter