勞lou4師si1動dung6眾zung3

simp劳师动众also written勞師動衆

lou4 si1 dung6 zung3láo shī dòng zhòng

English

(idiom) to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)
to utilise huge manpower
to involve a lot of people in a certain task, when only a few people are needed

粵語 — Cantonese

一件事明明唔需要咁多人，但仍然動用咗好多人力

Examples

搞個生日會啫，唔駛咁勞師動眾！
It's just a birthday party. There's no need to involve so much manpower!

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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