"費工夫" meaning in Chinese

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "費工夫",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù, délái quán bù fèigōngfu",
          "word": "踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫／踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take time and energy; to be time-consuming; to be exacting; to be demanding"
      ],
      "id": "en-費工夫-zh-verb-oCu~SHcx",
      "links": [
        [
          "take time",
          "take time"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "time-consuming",
          "time-consuming"
        ],
        [
          "exacting",
          "exacting"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gōngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gōngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gongfů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴ kung¹-fu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gūng-fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fey gong.fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэй гунфу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛj gunfu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai gūng fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費工夫"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tàpò tiěxié wú mìchù, délái quán bù fèigōngfu",
      "word": "踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫／踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "費工夫",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take time and energy; to be time-consuming; to be exacting; to be demanding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take time",
          "take time"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "time-consuming",
          "time-consuming"
        ],
        [
          "exacting",
          "exacting"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gōngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄈㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gōngfu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gongfů"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei⁴ kung¹-fu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fèi gūng-fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fey gong.fu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фэй гунфу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fɛj gunfu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai gūng fū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fai³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei³ gung¹ fu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fu²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɐi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "費工夫"
}