踏破鐵鞋無覓處 (daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3 | ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4) : to painstakingly exhaust all one's energy and effort in order to find sth.

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踏破鐵鞋無覓處

daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3

ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4

to painstakingly exhaust all one's energy and effort in order to find sth.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

踏破鐵鞋無覓處 / 踏破铁鞋无觅处

This word has been viewed 1415 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 6th Oct 2010 04:14

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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

1 compounds containing this word:

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫 - find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere

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