費周折

to spend (much) effort / to go through (a lot of) trouble

Characters and words in 費周折

surname Fei
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses

= + : 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.
surname Zhou / Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
to make a circuit / to circle / circle / circumference / lap / cycle / complete / all / all over / thorough / to help financially

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a hula hoop. James II of England (zh) performs in front of the outhouse (ou1): he swings a hula hoop (周), juggles three mandarins (口) and balances a small heap of dirt (土) on his head. He cheated a little bit though, because he stapled the heap of dirt to his wig with a stapler (⺆).
week / weekly / variant of 周[zhou1]
twists and turns / vicissitude / complication / difficulty / effort / CL:番[fan1]
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

= + : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

Words with 費周折

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