费尽心机
fèi​jìn​xīn​jī

to rack one's brains

  • created reference approved 费尽心机/費盡心機 → 费尽心思/費盡心思 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    费尽心机 / 費盡心機 fèi​jìn​xīn​jī

    费尽心思 / 費盡心思 fèi​jìn​xīn​si

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 费尽心机/費盡心機 · fèi​jìn​xīn​jī · to rack one's brains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    费尽心机 / 費盡心機

    fèi​jìn​xīn​jī

    to rack one's brains

    to rack one's brains for schemes; to try every possible means or plot to achieve an end

    费 (literal) → 费/費 · fèi · to exert 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up 心机 (literal) → 心机/心機 · xīn​jī · scheming

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

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