煞費苦心

煞
煞
费
費
苦
苦
心
心
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort

Characters and words in 煞費苦心

煞
sha̅ = sh + a1
to terminate / to cut short / to bring to a stop / to squeeze / to tighten / to damage / variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
煞
shà = sh + a4
fiend / demon / very / (Tw) SARS (loanword)
费
費
fèi = f + ei4
surname Fei
费
費
fèi = f + ei4
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses
费 = 弗 + 贝 : Frankenstein's monster finds that here is a crab in a woven basket for sale in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He feels sorry for the crab, spends a lot of money to purchase it and releases it into freedom.
苦
kǔ = ku + Ø3
bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly
苦 = 艹 + 古 : Karl Koala decided to repent for his sins and retreated into a cloister inside the space station. There he leads a very simple life full of hardship, e.g. he gave up on eucalyptus and just eats very bitter artificial lawn.
苦
心
painstaking effort / to take a lot of trouble / laborious at pains
心
xi̅n = xi + (e)n1
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
心 = 乚 + 丶 : Marie Curie (xi) uses a shovel (乚) to dig a hole in front of the encampment ((e)n1). She wants to bury her heart (心). To the side are three petal leaves (丶), with which she wants to cover it afterwards.

Words with 煞費苦心

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Sentences with 煞費苦心

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