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劳心苦思
láo​xīn​kǔ​sī

to rack one's brains

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 劳心 勞心 láo​xīn
    to tax one's mind
    To put in great mental effort or go to a lot of trouble to get something done; to rack one's brains.
  2. 苦思 kǔ​sī
    to think hard
    to think long and hard about something; to rack one's brains; to ponder deeply