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费笔墨

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Collocation

1
费笔墨去……
2
费了很多/不少/一番笔墨
3
不值得费……(某人的)笔
4
大费笔墨
5
颇费笔墨
6
多费笔墨

Definition

费笔墨

Literally means:

a lot of pen and ink was spent

Actually means:

It metaphorically means recording, narrating or describing in written language.

比喻使用文字记述或描写。

Example

Used as predicate, object or adverbial adjunct, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、状语,中间可以插入其他词语)
1
rén
古人
de
shī
诗词
xiě
de
tài
hǎo
le
  
,
měi
gōu
dōu
méiyǒu
没有
duō
fèi
笔墨
  
,
dàn
měi
gōu
dōu
yǒu
wēimiào
微妙
de
意趣
  
!

The ancient poetry was written so well that every sentence did not cost much ink, but each sentence had subtle meaning!

2
shì
zhě
记者
  
,
zài
yǎn
眼里
  
,
zhè
shì
jiàn
xiǎoshì
小事
  
,
zhíde
值得
fèi
笔墨
  

He is a big reporter, in his eyes, this is a small matter, not worth his money.

3
Gēn
wénzhāng
文章
zhǔ
主题
guān
无关
de
  
,
不必
fèi
笔墨
duō
shuō
  

It has nothing to do with the subject of the article, you don't have to pay more to say it.