踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫

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

husband