不費吹灰之力

Chinese

		not; no	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	very little effort
trad. (不費吹灰之力)		不	費	吹灰之力
simp. (不费吹灰之力)		不	费	吹灰之力
Literally: “as easy as blowing dust”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bù fèi chuīhuīzhīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fai³ ceoi¹ fui¹ zi¹ lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bù fèi chuīhuīzhīlì [Phonetic: bú fèi chuīhuīzhīlì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bù fèi chueihueijhihlì
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴ fei⁴ chʻui¹-hui¹-chih¹-li⁴
    • Yale: bù fèi chwēi-hwēi-jr̄-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu fey chueihueijylih
    • Palladius: бу фэй чуйхуэйчжили (bu fɛj čujxuejčžili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ fai³ ceoi¹ fui¹ zi¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: bāt fai chēui fūi jī lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fai³ tsoey¹ fui¹ dzi¹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fei³ cêu¹ fui¹ ji¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

Idiom

不費吹灰之力

1. as easy as falling off a log; effortless; easy