踏破鐵鞋無覓處,得來全不費工夫
See also: 踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫
Chinese edit
One can wear out iron shoes searching for something with no success.; One will search high and low only to find it when one least expects to. | get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
to come | all; whole; entire all; whole; entire; every; complete |
not; no | ||||
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trad. (踏破鐵鞋無覓處,得來全不費工夫) | 踏破鐵鞋無覓處 | , | 得 | 來 | 全 | 不 | 費工夫 | |
simp. (踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫) | 踏破铁鞋无觅处 | , | 得 | 来 | 全 | 不 | 费工夫 | |
Literally: “One can wear out iron shoes searching for something with no success, only to acquire it by accident through no effort of one's own”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
踏破鐵鞋無覓處,得來全不費工夫
- (xiehouyu) One will search high and low only to find it when one least expects to.