挖空心思 (wā kōng xīn sī) | Meaning: to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)搜索枯肠sōu suǒ kū cháng

to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) · to beat one's brains out费尽心机fèi jìn xīn jī

to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution搜肠刮肚sōu cháng guā dù

to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means · to try this, that and the other想方设法xiǎng fāng shè fǎ

rack one's brains in vain · have had all one's pains for nothing · rack one's brains without results · waste one's efforts · fruitless efforts · go on a wild goose chase枉费心机wǎng fèi xīn jī

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking · at the cost of a lot of effort煞费苦心shà fèi kǔ xīn

to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer · to rack one's brains

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