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踏破鐵鞋無覓處 (daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

踏破鐵鞋無覓處 (daap6 po3 tit3 haai4 mou4 mik6 cyu3, tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù) — to describe something that is nowhere to be found even after painstakingly exhausting all of one's energy and effort to look for it

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

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