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勞心

简劳心 · 繁勞心

Mandarin · pinyin láo xīn

to work with one's brains
to rack one's brains
to worry

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心: xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
劳: láo · labor, toil, do manual work

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2–1 · lao2 xin1

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verb

(literary) to labor with one's mind; to use one's brain to work
to be worried; to be concerned

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