搜腸刮肚
sōu​cháng​guā​dù

to rack one's brains

  • created sense approved 搜肠刮肚/搜腸刮肚 · sōu​cháng​guā​dù · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    搜肠刮肚 / 搜腸刮肚

    sōu​cháng​guā​dù

    to rack one's brains

    (idiom) to search one's guts and belly; to rack one's brains for a solution; to think long and hard

    搜 (literal) → 搜 · sōu · to search 肠 (literal) → 肠/腸 · cháng · feelings 刮 (literal) → 刮 · guā · to scrape 肚 (literal) → 肚 · dù · mind

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

    created sense