粵

費fai3盡zeon6心sam1思si1

simp费尽心思
fai3 zeon6 sam1 si1fèi jìn xīn si

English

  1. to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
  2. to exhaust all mental efforts

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為咗一樣嘢付出全副心機,全部投入

Examples

  • 佢費盡心思,幾經辛苦終於寫完本書。

    He spent all his efforts and finally finished this book.

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

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