汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 费工夫
费工夫 (費工夫)
to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting
() fèi gōng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我现在不能细说,太费工夫

I can't go into details now; it would take too long.

整理这些文件是很费工夫的事。

Sorting these papers out is going to be a long job.