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 ㄓㄡㄓㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ fai³ zau¹ zoeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàfèizhōuzhāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡㄓㄤ
  - 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

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

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