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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

煞费苦心 [shàfèikǔxīn]
  1. 1. take great pains
    父母对孩子的教育煞费苦心
    Parents take great pains over their children's education.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

煞费苦心 [shàfèikǔxīn]
  1. 1. cudgel one's brains; take great pains
    煞费苦心地寻找借口
    cudgel one's brains to find an excuse
    他们为了攻克技术难关,可真是煞费苦心
    They took great pains to solve the technical problems.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

煞费苦心 [shàfèikǔxīn]
  1. 1. 形容绞尽脑汁,费尽心思。

Examples

他们为了攻克技术难关,可真是煞费苦心
They took great pains to solve the technical problems.
煞费苦心
take great pains
煞费苦心
煞费苦心
to take (great) pains with/over sth
对某事煞费苦心
He was at great pains to ensure that the public accepted his idea.
他正在为使公众接受他的意见煞费苦心
For forty years, he kept with great pains a political diary.
四十年来,他煞费苦心地保存着一本政治日记。

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