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费工夫

fèi gōng fudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-119f4f55d5c9d0f4. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

費工夫 费工夫 [fei4 gong1 fu5] /to spend a great deal of time and effort/(of a task) demanding/exacting/

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Other forms in these source records: 費工夫

  • 费
    fèi

    to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses

    Fèi

    surname Fei

  • 工
    gōng

    work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

  • 夫
    fū

    husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

    fú

    (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.