不費吹灰之力

Chinese

		not; no	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname	with very little effort; easy; without so much as batting an eye with very little effort; easy; without so much as batting an eye; without so much as lifting a finger
trad. (不費吹灰之力)		不	費	吹灰之力
simp. (不费吹灰之力)		不	费	吹灰之力
Literally: “as easy as blowing dust”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùfèi chuīhuīzhīlì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄟㄏㄨㄟㄓㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fai³ ceoi¹ fui¹ zi¹ lik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùfèi chuīhuīzhīlì [Phonetic: búfèi chuīhuīzhīlì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄔㄨㄟㄏㄨㄟㄓㄌㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufey chueihueijylih
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ fai³ ceoi¹ fui¹ zi¹ lik⁶
  - Yale: bāt fai chēui fūi jī lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fai³ tsoey¹ fui¹ dzi¹ lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fei³ cêu¹ fui¹ ji¹ lig⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fɐi̯³³ t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵ fuːy̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

Idiom

不費吹灰之力

as easy as falling off a log; effortless; easy

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