Correct

费手脚

/ fèi shǒu jiǎo /
Strokes
https://i.cchatty2.com/filters:format(webp)/fit-in/684x0/img/202102/费手脚-Chinese-idioms-Cchatty-10af9205-dae2-4a27-b285-3f8fd15d9f83-1612778206.jpg

Collocation

1
费了很多手脚
2
需要费点手脚
3
很费手脚
4
颇费手脚
5
大费手脚

Definition

费手脚

Literally means:

take much handwork and footwork

Actually means:

take a lot of trouble; exert great effort

It means encountering trouble or obstacles when doing something.

做事时遇到麻烦或阻碍。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、定语,中间可插入其他词语)
1
Jìn
cāng
仓库
tài
fan
麻烦
  
,
guāng
shì
kāi
打开
dào
yòu
dào
一道
de
tiěmén
铁门
  
,
men
我们
jiù
fèi
le
hěnduō
很多
shǒujiǎo
手脚
  
,
hái
suàn
bàn
办理
dēng
登记
shǒu
手续
  

Into the warehouse is too troublesome, just open that one iron door after another, we spent a lot of hands and feet, not counting the registration procedures.

2
Zhè
shì
yào
zhā
shuǐluòshíchū
水落石出
  
,
kǒng
恐怕
yào
fèi
shǎo
不少
de
shǒujiǎo
手脚
  

It's going to take a lot of work to find out if it's going to come out.

3
Zài
bān
一般
rén
kànlai
看来
  
,
zuò
shuǐjiǎo
水饺
shì
fèi
shǒujiǎo
手脚
de
shì
  
,
men
他们
què
zuò
de
yòu
kuài
yòu
hǎo
  

In the eyes of ordinary people, making dumplings is a lot of work, but they do it fast and well.