吃力不討好

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīlì bù tǎohǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīlì bù tǎohǎo [Phonetic: chīlìbùtáohǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄠˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chihlì bù tǎohǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-li⁴ pu⁴ tʻao³-hao³
  - Yale: chr̄-lì bù tǎu-hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chylih bu taohao
  - Palladius: чили бу таохао (čili bu taoxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ lɪk̚² pɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯³⁵ hou̯³⁵/

Idiom

吃力不討好

(idiomatic, of a task, etc.) arduous and thankless; strenuous and unrewarding

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