冥思苦想

Traditional form:

冥思苦想

Pinyin (reading):

míngsīkǔxiǎng

Definitions:

• to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
• to rack one's brains

Characters:

• 冥 - dark, gloomy, night; deep
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 想 - to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

Traditional characters:

• 冥 - dark, gloomy, night; deep
• 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 想 - to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think