踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫(tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù，dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu)Fancy finding by sheer luck what one has searched for far and wide

Explanation

“踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫”是说以前寻找时，脚上穿的铁鞋都磨破了都无法找到，没想到后来不花一分力气就找着了。比喻急需的东西费了很大的力气找不到，却在无意中得到。
“踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫” literally means stumbling across something purely by luck after a long and unsuccessful search that the iron shoes were even worn out. It is a metaphor for finding something by chance that should cost a great deal of effort.

Words:

笔bǐ:pen;
电视剧diànshì jù:drama;
导演dáoyǎn:director.

Sentences

1. Jiǎ：Wǒ zhǎo le hǎojiǔ de bǐ yuánlái yīzhí zài chōutì lǐ ne！
甲：我找了好久的笔原来一直在抽屉里呢！
A: The pen I have been searching for forever was in the drawer all along!

Yǐ：Zhēn shì” tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù，dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu”a!
乙：真是“踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫”啊。
B: Fancy finding by sheer luck what you have searched for far and wide!

2.Jiǎ：Zhè bù diànshìjù de zhǔjué shì dǎoyǎn zài dìtiě shang zhǎodào de.
甲：这部电视剧的主角是导演在地铁上找到的。
A: The drama’s director found his lead actor on the subway.

Yǐ：” Tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù，dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu”, tā zhīqián huā le hěn duō shíjiān dōu méi zhǎodào.
乙：“踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫”，他之前花了很多时间都没找到。
B: He found him solely by chance, as he had spent a lot of time searching without any result.

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