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費力不討好
简 费力不讨好 · 繁 費力不討好Mandarin · pinyin fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
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- arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
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4–4–4–3–3 · fei4 li4 bu4 tao3 hao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fai3 lik6 bat1 tou2 hou2
Cantonese word readings for 費力不討好. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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fai3 lik6 bat1 tou2 hou2
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