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絞盡腦汁
  gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1   jyutping
  jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1   pinyin
rack/cudgel one's brains; beat my/your brains out

Idiom
verb

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
絞盡腦汁 / 绞尽脑汁

This word has been viewed 1738 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 13th Sep 2005 03:01 and last edited on 3rd May 2016 03:23
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Characters in this word:

 gaau2  -  twist; wring; hang
 zeon6  -  exhaust; use up; all; entirely; die
 nou5  -  the brain
 zap1  -  juice; sap
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