to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom); to beat one's brains out
trad. 費盡心機
Also written 費盡心機【fèi jìn xīn jī】
Characters in this word
4费
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surname Fei
- Pinyin
- Fèi
- Traditional
- 費
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3520 of 2500
尽
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to the greatest extent, (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme, to be within the limits of, to give priority to
- Pinyin
- jǐn
- Traditional
- 儘
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2396 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
机
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surname Ji
- Pinyin
- Jī
- Traditional
- 機
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4100 of 2500