穷思苦想
qióng​sī​kǔ​xiǎng

to rack one's brains

  • created sense approved 穷思苦想/窮思苦想 · qióng​sī​kǔ​xiǎng · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穷思苦想 / 窮思苦想

    qióng​sī​kǔ​xiǎng

    to rack one's brains

    to think long and hard; to give something a great deal of thought

    穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · thoroughly 思 (literal) → 思 · sī · to think 苦想 (literal) → 苦想 · kǔ​xiǎng · to think hard

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