煞saat3費fai3苦fu2心sam1

simp煞费苦心

saat3 fai3 fu2 sam1shà fèi kǔ xīn

English

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
at the cost of a lot of effort
to rack one's brains; to spend much time and effort

粵語 — Cantonese

非常耗費心神

Examples

佢煞費苦心諗咗好耐先諗到解決辦法。
She has spent much time and effort to come up with a solution.

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

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