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殫精極慮 殚精极虑 [dan1 jing1 ji2 lü4] /to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly/to rack one's brains/to leave no stone unturned/ 5937 1
殫精竭慮 殚精竭虑 [dan1 jing1 jie2 lü4] /to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly/to rack one's brains/to leave no stone unturned/ 5937 1
費盡心機 费尽心机 [fei4 jin4 xin1 ji1] /to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)/to beat one's brains out/ 5684 1
費盡心思 费尽心思 [fei4 jin4 xin1 si5] /to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through/ 5937 1
絞盡腦汁 绞尽脑汁 [jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1] /to rack one's brains/ 5800 1
絞腦汁 绞脑汁 [jiao3 nao3 zhi1] /to rack one's brains/ 3733 1
苦思冥想 苦思冥想 [[ku3si1-ming2xiang3]] /(idiom) to think deeply; to rack one's brains/ 262 2
勞心 劳心 [lao2 xin1] /to work with one's brains/to rack one's brains/to worry/ 5845 1
勞心苦思 劳心苦思 [lao2 xin1 ku3 si1] /to rack one's brains/to think hard/ 6177 1
冥思苦想 冥思苦想 [ming2 si1 ku3 xiang3] /to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard/to rack one's brains/ 5937 1
搜索枯腸 搜索枯肠 [sou1 suo3 ku1 chang2] /to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)/ 4608 1
挖空心思 挖空心思 [wa1 kong1 xin1 si5] /to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer/to rack one's brains/ 5937 1

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