挖空心思
Traditional form:
挖空心思
Pinyin (reading):
wākōngxīnsi
Definitions:
- to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
- to rack one's brains
Characters:
- 挖 - to dig, to excavate
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 思 - to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
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