绞尽脑汁
jiǎojìn-nǎozhīTraditional 絞盡腦汁
to rack one's brains
Every meaning
jiǎojìn-nǎozhī
- to rack one's brains
Its characters
- 绞jiǎoto twist; to wring
- 尽jìnto exhaust; to use up
- 脑nǎobrain
- 汁zhījuice; liquid
Words with 绞
Words with 尽
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.