费神 (fèi shén) — (formal) to bother (someone) with mental effort; may I trouble you to…; to exert great mental energy; to take trouble over
Definition
费神 (fèi shén) means to spend a lot of mental energy, or politely to trouble someone to think about something. Often used in formal written contexts as a set phrase.
verb
(formal) to bother (someone) with mental effortmay I trouble you to…to exert great mental energyto take trouble over
Examples
- 费神？Zhè fèn bào gào nín fèi shén kàn yí xià hǎo ma?Could I trouble you to take a look at this report?
- ，。Wèi le gǎi nà piān lùn wén, tā fèi le hěn duō shén.He put a lot of mental effort into revising that paper.
- 费神，。Zhè ge xiàng mù bú yòng nín fèi shén, wǒ zì jǐ néng chǔ lǐ.You don't need to bother yourself with this project; I can handle it myself.
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