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踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu

15-character word Traditional 踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費工夫

What 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 means

1. to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

The characters in 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 铁tiěiron (metal); arms; weapons
• 鞋xiéshoe
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 觅mì(literary) to seek; to find
• 处chǔto reside; to live; to dwell
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 全quánall; whole; entire
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 工gōngwork; worker; skill
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker