吃力不討好

Chinese

		tiring; exhausting; strenuous tiring; exhausting; strenuous; tired; exhausted	not; no	to ingratiate oneself with; to please; to court to ingratiate oneself with; to please; to court; to curry favour with
trad. (吃力不討好)		吃力	不	討好
simp. (吃力不讨好)		吃力	不	讨好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīlì bù tǎohǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ lik⁶ bat¹ tou² hou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīlì bù tǎohǎo [Phonetic: chīlìbùtáohǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chylih bu taohao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ lik⁶ bat¹ tou² hou²
  - Yale: hek lihk bāt tóu hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ lik⁹ bat⁷ tou² hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ lig⁶ bed¹ tou² hou²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Idiom

吃力不討好

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