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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
绞尽脑汁
to rack one's brains
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to rack one's brains
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 绞尽脑汁 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 绞尽脑汁 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 绞尽脑汁.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 绞尽脑汁.
Directly before
- 他绞尽脑汁1
- 我们绞尽脑汁1
Directly after
- 绞尽脑汁想1
- 绞尽脑汁想要1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 绞尽脑汁
What does 绞尽脑汁 mean in Chinese?
绞尽脑汁 (jiǎojìnnǎozhī) means to rack one's brains.
How do you pronounce 绞尽脑汁?
绞尽脑汁 is pronounced jiǎojìnnǎozhī.
Is 绞尽脑汁 an HSK word?
绞尽脑汁 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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