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絞盡腦汁

简 绞尽脑汁 · 繁 絞盡腦汁
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī

Meanings

  1. to rack one's brains
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Characters in this entry

絞
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盡
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腦
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汁
zhī · juice, liquor, fluid, sap, gravy, sauce
绞
jiǎo · twist, wring; intertwine; winch
尽
jǐn · exhaust, use up; deplete
脑
nǎo · brain
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Mandarin tones

3–4–3–1 · jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1

Cantonese word readings for 絞盡腦汁. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to rack one's brain

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