劳师动众 — Chinese idiom
劳师动众
láo shī dòng zhòng
Traditional: 勞師動眾
Meaning
- to go to a great deal of trouble; to mobilize considerable manpower and resources (often unnecessarily)
Character by character
- 劳láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
- 师shīteacher, professional, master
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
Idioms sharing a character
- 不劳而获 bù láo ér huò
- 以逸待劳 yǐ yì dài láo
- 任劳任怨 rèn láo rèn yuàn
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 劳民伤财 láo mín shāng cái
- 劳燕分飞 láo yàn fēn fēi
- 劳逸结合 láo yì jié hé
- 吃苦耐劳 chī kǔ nài láo
- 好逸恶劳 hào yì wù láo
- 徒劳无功 tú láo wú gōng
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