"大費周折" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大费周折",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "大費周折",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go to a lot of trouble to handle a complicated matter"
      ],
      "id": "en-大費周折-zh-phrase-C5Q6k8TC",
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "dàfèizhōuzhāng",
          "word": "大費周章"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàfèizhōuzhāng",
          "word": "大费周章"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèizhōuzhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèizhōuzhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèijhoujhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-fei⁴-chou¹-chê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-fèi-jōu-jé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahfeyjoujer"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dafɛjčžoučžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дафэйчжоучжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "大費周折"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "大费周折",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "大費周折",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 周",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 大",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 折",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 費",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to go to a lot of trouble to handle a complicated matter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèizhōuzhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèizhōuzhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dàfèijhoujhé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-fei⁴-chou¹-chê²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-fèi-jōu-jé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahfeyjoujer"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dafɛjčžoučžɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дафэйчжоучжэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dàfèizhōuzhāng",
      "word": "大費周章"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàfèizhōuzhāng",
      "word": "大费周章"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大費周折"
}