煞費周章 in Chinese

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    {
      "form": "煞费周章",
      "tags": [
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      "zh_pron": "shàfèizhōuzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "shàfèizhōuzhāng"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàfèijhoujhang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sha⁴-fei⁴-chou¹-chang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shà-fèi-jōu-jāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shahfeyjoujang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šafɛjčžoučžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шафэйчжоучжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "煞費周章"
}

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{
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    {
      "form": "煞费周章",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "煞費周章",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 周",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 煞",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 章",
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàfèizhōuzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàfèizhōuzhāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄚˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄓㄡ ㄓㄤ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàfèijhoujhang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sha⁴-fei⁴-chou¹-chang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shà-fèi-jōu-jāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shahfeyjoujang"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šafɛjčžoučžan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шафэйчжоучжан"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "煞費周章"
}

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"煞費周章" meaning in Chinese

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