穷思苦想

Traditional form:

窮思苦想

Pinyin (reading):

qióngsīkǔxiǎng

Definitions:

• to think hard (idiom)
• to give sth much thought

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 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:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 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