Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「煞費心機」, as shown below.
Introducing the Chinese idiom 「煞費心機」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
It means to put a lot of thought into it.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shà fèi xīn jī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saat3 fai3 sam1/sing4 gei1/fu3
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.

