tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu

Traditional: 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫

踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 (tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu) is a Chinese word meaning “to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily”.

Meanings

  1. 1to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

Characters in 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

踏tà · to tread破pò · broken铁tiě · iron (metal)鞋xié · shoe无mó · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]觅mì · (literary) to seek处chǔ · to reside得dé · to obtain来lái · to come全quán · all不bù · no; not so费fèi · to cost工gōng · work夫fū · husband

Related words

不no; not so来to come得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state工作to work不过only回来to return; to come back

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