劳神费力 [
láo shén fèi lì]
tax one's mind and strength
weary mind and use strength
- 教学是一种很劳神费力的工作。
Teaching is a demanding job. - 购房对家庭是一笔大额的开支,装修也是劳神费力的事情。
Purchase of the family is a large expenditure, the decoration is bothered laborious things. - 如果草药熬出的汤汁能够治疗某种疾病,为什么还要劳神费力地写出这一药剂的分子式呢?
If a plant extract helped fight an infection, why bother trying to figure out which molecule did the trick?