煞费苦心 in English sha4 fei4 ku3 xin1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to take a lot of trouble (idiomatic expression); painstaking
  • at the cost of a lot of effort

Simplified Characters

煞 费 苦 心

Traditional Characters

煞 費 苦 心

Pinyin

sha4 fei4 ku3 xin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

煞sha1to terminate 费fei4surname Fei 苦ku3bitter 心xin1heart