大費周章 dà fèi zhōu zhāng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to take great pains
  2. to go to a lot of trouble

CHARACTERS

大 dà
HSK 1
big, great, vast, large, high
費 fèi expenses, expenditures, fee
周 zhōu
HSK 3
Zhou dynasty; circumference
章 zhāng
HSK 4
composition; chapter, section