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踏破鐵鞋無覓處 (daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3) — to painstakingly exhaust all one's energy and effort in order to find sth. in Cantonese

daapˍ₆踏po˗₃破tit˗₃鐵haaiˎ₄鞋mouˎ₄無mikˍ₆覓cyu˗₃處
简 踏破铁鞋无觅处
Mandarin Pinyin: ta4 po4 tie3 xie2 wu2 mi4 chu4

Meaning of 踏破鐵鞋無覓處

nounto painstakingly exhaust all one's energy and effort in order to find sth.
nounto describe something that is nowhere to be found even after painstakingly exhausting all of one's energy and effort to look for it

Characters in 踏破鐵鞋無覓處

踏daap6
step on; tread; stamp
破po3
break; destroy; damage
鐵tit3
iron; ferrum (Fe)
鞋haai4
shoe(s); footwear in general
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
覓mik6
seek; look/hunt for; search
處cyu3 syu3
department; section; office

Words Containing 踏破鐵鞋無覓處

踏破鐵鞋無覓處，得來全不費功夫daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3, dak1 loi4 cyun4 bat1 fai3 gung1 fu1
you can wear out iron shoes in fruitless search for sth, and yet by a lucky chance you may find it without even looking for it - find sth by chance after looking for it everywhere

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