大費周章

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	flustered; frightened; setback flustered; frightened; setback; complication; twists and turns; trouble; effort
trad. (大費周章)		大	費	周章
simp. (大费周章)		大	费	周章

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàfèizhōuzhāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fai³ zau¹ zoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàfèizhōuzhāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàfèijhoujhang
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-fei⁴-chou¹-chang¹
    • Yale: dà-fèi-jōu-jāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahfeyjoujang
    • Palladius: дафэйчжоучжан (dafɛjčžoučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ fai³ zau¹ zoeng¹
    • Yale: daaih fai jāu jēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ fai³ dzau¹ dzoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ fei³ zeo¹ zêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² fɐi̯³³ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

大費周章

1. 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