绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī
Pinyin
Definition
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
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- to rack one's brains
Character Decomposition
Sample Sentences
这还真是新鲜，喝水不是再简单不过的事儿了，觉得渴了就喝呗，哪有那么多可绞尽脑汁费尽心机的？
That's new to me. Isn't drinking water one of the simplest things? If you're thirsty you drink, no? Why do you need to spend effort thinking about it?
可不是吗？最近网上已经开始绞尽脑汁要给“什么什么后“下定义了。
Tell me about it. Everyone has been wracking their brains recently, working out how to define the generations born in different decades.
我就说那个贱人一定在我背后对老板说了什么，现在好啦！我绞尽脑汁，呕心沥血规划出来的案子，就这样被她那纤纤小手轻轻一挥，然后就灰飞烟灭了。你说这口气我怎么吞得下去？
I told you that bitch had said something to the boss behind my back, now look where we are! I racked my brains and put my blood, sweat and tears into planning that project, just to have her take it into her nimble little hands and now it has gone up in smoke. How am I supposed to just let it go?
没错。现在各类媒体都绞尽脑汁地开发市场，展开媒体大战，我们老百姓的选择余地也更多，生活也因此变得更有滋有味了。