费心 (fèi xīn) — to take trouble (over something); to go out of one's way (for someone)

Definition

费心 means 'to go out of one's way (for someone)' — a polite verb/noun-ish phrase about the trouble someone has taken on your behalf, often used in 请您费心 ('may I trouble you to…').

to take trouble (over something)to go out of one's way (for someone)

Examples

  • 费心
    Nín fèi xīn le, zhēn shì guò yì bú qù.
    You've gone to so much trouble — I really feel bad.
  • 费心
    Zhè jiàn shì hái yào qǐng nín duō fèi xīn.
    I'll have to trouble you a lot with this matter.
  • Wèi le wǒ de shì, tā fèi le bù shǎo xīn.
    He went to no small trouble for my sake.

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