費fai3事si6

English

1. troublesome
2. (adverb) 1. Lest; (verb) to avoid doing something
3. disinclined to do something; so as to avoid; not to bother something; not worth the trouble
4. time-consuming, troublesome
5. to take a lot of trouble to do sth

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 考慮到負面限制或者後果，而唔做一件事
2. 形容事務煩雜、花時間工夫

Examples

• 費事熄燈啦，好煩㗎。

  I'm tired of turning the lights off all the time. It's such a hassle.

• 佢咁唔講道理，我都費事理佢。

  He's so unreasonable that I won't bother to take any notice of him .

• 星期日費事煮飯喇，不如出去食啦。

  It's so bothersome to cook on Sunday. Why don't we eat out?

• 佢嘅嘢等佢自己搞掂啦，費事越幫越忙。

  Leave him alone to deal with his own stuff, so as to avoid hindering more than helping him.

• 普遍嚟講，比起男裝裇衫，女士裇衫燙起嚟仲嘥時間。

  普遍而言，比起男裝襯衣，女士襯衣熨燙起來更費事。 (pou2 pin3 ji4 jin4, bei2 hei2 naam4 zong1 can3 ji1, neoi5 si6 can3 ji1 wan6 tong3 hei2 loi4 gang3 fai3 si6.)

  Generally, compared with men's shirts, ironing the ladies' shirts is more troublesome.

• 呢個時候，個老師正路會叫班學生行去課室嘅中心嗰度練，費事佢哋撞埋牆嗰度－所以芭蕾舞堂嘅呢個部份就叫做中心。

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