Waste money and labor
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is f è IC á IL á om í n, which means to spend money and toil people. From Yanzi Chunqiu neipianjian Xia.
Idiom explanation
It costs money and money and labors the people.
The origin of Idioms
"Yan Zi Chun Qiu Nei Pian Jian Xia:" it's a crime of few people to spend money and labor honestly, think that they have no merit, and then complain about it. "
Chinese PinYin : fèi cái láo mín
Waste money and labor
The sound of floating is loud. fú shēng qiè xiǎng
when the prince is put to shame , the minister dies. jūn rǔ chén sǐ
so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on. pín wú lì zhuī