苦心积虑
kǔ​xīn​jī​lǜ

to take great pains

  • created reference approved 苦心积虑/苦心積慮 → 费尽心思/費盡心思 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦心积虑 / 苦心積慮 kǔ​xīn​jī​lǜ

    费尽心思 / 費盡心思 fèi​jìn​xīn​si

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 苦心积虑/苦心積慮 · kǔ​xīn​jī​lǜ · to take great pains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦心积虑 / 苦心積慮

    kǔ​xīn​jī​lǜ

    to take great pains

    To rack one's brains; to exhaust one's thoughts and planning over a long period of time.

    苦心 (literal) → 苦心 · kǔ​xīn · troubled heart 积 (literal) → 积/積 · jī · to accumulate 虑 (literal) → 虑/慮 · lǜ · to consider

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