踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 in English ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4 , de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

踏 破 铁 鞋 无 觅 处 ， 得 来 全 不 费 工 夫

Traditional Characters

踏 破 鐵 鞋 無 覓 處 ， 得 來 全 不 費 工 夫

Pinyin

ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4 , de2 lai2 quan2 bu4 fei4 gong1 fu5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

踏ta4see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5] 破po4broken 铁tie3surname Tie 鞋xie2shoe 无wu2not to have 觅mi4to seek 处chu4to reside ， 得de2to obtain 来lai2to come 全quan2surname Quan 不bu4(negative prefix) 费fei4surname Fei 工gong1work 夫fu1husband