踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫
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Definitions
- 1. to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
Child Words of 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫
no; not so
to come
all
period of time (may be months, or mere seconds)
to obtain
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to have to
not to have
broken
to reside
place
to cost
see 踏實|踏实[tā shi]
to tread
iron (metal)
shoe
man
(classical) this, that
work
(literary) to seek
to spend a great deal of time and effort
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)