tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
踏
tà
to tread
破
pò
broken
铁
tiě
iron (metal)
鞋
xié
shoe
无
wú
not to have
觅
mì
(literary) to seek
处
chù
(bound form) place; locality
，
,
得
dé
to obtain
来
lái
to come
全
quán
all
不
bù
no; not so
费
fèi
to cost
工
gōng
work
夫
fu
(classical) this, that
