created sense approved 困心衡虑/困心衡慮 · kùnxīnhénglǜ · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
困心衡虑 / 困心衡慮
kùnxīnhénglǜ
to rack one's brains
To take great pains in thinking something through; to exhaust one's mental efforts in working out a problem or scheme.
困 (literal) → 困 · kùn · to be stranded 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 衡 (literal) → 衡 · héng · to judge 虑 (literal) → 虑/慮 · lǜ · to consider
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