「踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫」
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| Pronunciation： | daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu5 dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
踏 to step; to step on; to stamp; to tread 破 break; to break; to crack; to split 鐵 hard; strong; solid; firm; unchangeable; iron; arms; weapon 鞋 shoe; shoes 無 nothing; none; nil; without; lacking 覓 to look for; to hunt for 處 place; geographical place; point; part; side; to handle; to deal with; hidden ， 得 okay; to get; only have; (suffix); advantage; gain; to have even done; to equal to; to receive; to calculate; to compute; to only have; acceptable; can; able to; great; good; to stay still 來 to come; to arrive; come; to bring something 全 whole; complete; entire; full; all 不 no; negator; not 費 fee; to expend; cost 工 work; job; profession; vocation; man-day; working-day 夫 man; husband |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
After searching for something in every possible way, one has failed, but later gets it easily and unexpectedly.
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