苦思冥想
kǔ​sī​míng​xiǎng

to rack one's brains

  • created reference approved 苦思冥想 → 冥思苦想 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦思冥想 kǔ​sī​míng​xiǎng

    冥思苦想 míng​sī​kǔ​xiǎng

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  • created sense approved 苦思冥想 · kǔ​sī​míng​xiǎng · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苦思冥想

    kǔ​sī​míng​xiǎng

    to rack one's brains

    (idiom) to think deeply and hard; to rack one's brains to find a solution. Also written as [[冥思苦想|冥思苦想|ming2 si1 ku3 xiang3]].

    苦 (literal) → 苦 · kǔ · painstakingly 思 (literal) → 思 · sī · to think 冥 (literal) → 冥 · míng · deep 想 (literal) → 想 · xiǎng · to think

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