機關算盡
jī​guān​suàn​jìn

to exhaust every scheme

  • created sense approved 机关算尽/機關算盡 · jī​guān​suàn​jìn · to exhaust every scheme — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    机关算尽 / 機關算盡

    jī​guān​suàn​jìn

    to exhaust every scheme

    Used to describe someone who has used up every possible clever plot or scheme; to rack one's brains in a calculating way.

    机关 (literal) → 机关/機關 · jī​guān · scheme 算 (literal) → 算 · suàn · to plan 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up

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

    created sense