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白费

bái fèi · bai fei

Traditional 白費

Meaning

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我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)解(jiě)决(jué)这(zhè)个(ge)问(wèn)题(tí)，可(kě)是(shì)白(bái)费(fèi)功(gōng)夫(fu)。

I tried in vain to deal with the problem.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

我(wǒ)们(men)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)努(nǔ)力(lì)都(dōu)白(bái)费(fèi)了(le)。

All our efforts were in vain.

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