冥思苦索
míng​sī​kǔ​suǒ

to rack one's brains

  • created reference approved 冥思苦索 → 冥思苦想 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冥思苦索 míng​sī​kǔ​suǒ

    冥思苦想 míng​sī​kǔ​xiǎng

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 冥思苦索 · míng​sī​kǔ​suǒ · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    冥思苦索

    míng​sī​kǔ​suǒ

    to rack one's brains

    to mull over or think long and hard about a problem; to search deeply for a solution

    冥思 (literal) → 冥思 · míng​sī · to contemplate 苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · painstakingly 索 (literal) → 索 · suǒ · to search

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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