绞尽脑汁
Traditional form:
絞盡腦汁
Pinyin (reading):
jiǎojìnnǎozhī
Definitions:
- to rack one's brains
Characters:
- 绞 - intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal
- 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 脑 - brain
- 汁 - juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce
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