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踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫
daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3, dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1
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you can wear out iron shoes in fruitless search for sth, and yet by a lucky chance you may find it without even looking for it - find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 29th Jan 2010 01:48 and last edited on 5th Mar 2015 14:21 |
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Characters in this word:踏 daap6 - step on; tread; go to spot; steady破 po3 - break; broken; cut; defeat; expose 鐵 tit3 - iron; arms; ironclad; strong; cruel 鞋 haai4 - shoes 無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have 覓 mik6 - seek; look for 處 cyu3 cyu2 syu3 - place; department; get along with; manage ， - (not in database) 得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must 來 loi4 - come; arrive; future 全 cyun4 - perfect, whole, total 不 bat1 - not; no; un- 費 fai3 bei3 - fee; expenses; cost; spend; wasteful 功 gung1 - merit; meritorious service; effect; skill 夫 fu1 fu4 - husband; male adult; manual worker |
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