大費周章 [－费－－]

Jyutping daai6 fai3 zau1 zoeng1
Pinyin dà fèi zhōu zhāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to take great pains
  2. to go to a lot of trouble
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    花​好多​功夫​；​做​得​唔​順利​，​有​曲折
    to go through all the trouble to do something
    • 佢哋為咗贏依場比賽而大費周章。
      佢哋为咗赢依场比赛而大费周章。
      keoi5 dei6 wai6 zo2 jeng4 ji1 coeng4 bei2 coi3 ji4 daai6 fai3 zau1 zoeng1.
      They went through all the trouble to win this competition.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to spend a lot of time and effort to handle a complicated matter; to go to a lot of trouble to handle a difficult matter
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋为咗赢依场比赛而大费周章。
    佢哋為咗贏依場比賽而大費周章。
    keoi5 dei6 wai6 zo2 jeng4 ji1 coeng4 bei2 coi3 ji4 daai6 fai3 zau1 zoeng1.
    • They went through all the trouble to win this competition.