大费周章

to take great pains / to go to a lot of trouble

Characters and words in 大费周章

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
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]
effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / flustered / frightened
surname Zhang
chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a section sign. James II of England (zh) wakes up with a jolt as his alarm clock (早) goes off in front of the anglepod (ang1). Panicked he tries to smash it with a big section sign (章), but instead he just smashes the invaluable vase (早) next to it.

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