枉费心机
wǎng​fèi​xīn​jī

to rack one's brains in vain

  • created sense approved 枉费心机/枉費心機 · wǎng​fèi​xīn​jī · to rack one's brains in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    枉费心机 / 枉費心機

    wǎng​fèi​xīn​jī

    to rack one's brains in vain

    to waste one's efforts on a scheme; to plot in vain; to exhaust one's ingenuity to no avail

    枉费 (literal) → 枉费/枉費 · wǎng​fèi · to waste 心机 (literal) → 心机/心機 · xīn​jī · scheming

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