机关用尽
jī​guān​yòng​jìn

to exhaust every scheme; to rack one's brains

  • created reference approved 机关用尽/機關用盡 → 费尽心机/費盡心機 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机关用尽 / 機關用盡 jī​guān​yòng​jìn

    费尽心机 / 費盡心機 fèi​jìn​xīn​jī

    synonym

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 机关用尽/機關用盡 · jī​guān​yòng​jìn · to exhaust every scheme; to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机关用尽 / 機關用盡

    jī​guān​yòng​jìn

    to exhaust every scheme; to rack one's brains

    To use up every possible clever plot or cunning strategy; often used in a negative sense to describe someone who has exhausted their wits in pursuit of gain [[费尽心机|費盡心機|fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1]]

    机关 (literal) → 机关/機關 · jī​guān · scheme 用尽 (literal) → 用尽/用盡 · yòng​jìn · to use up

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

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