煞费苦心

Traditional: 煞費苦心

shà fèi kǔ xīn

Dictionary entry

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking

What does 煞费苦心 mean?

煞费苦心 (shà fèi kǔ xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking

2at the cost of a lot of effort

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煞shāto terminate · to cut short 费Fèisurname Fei 苦kǔbitter · hardship 心xīnheart · mind

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