绞尽脑汁 in English jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to rack one's brains

Simplified Characters

绞 尽 脑 汁

Traditional Characters

絞 盡 腦 汁

Pinyin

jiao3 jin4 nao3 zhi1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

绞jiao3to twist (strands into a thread) 尽jin3to the greatest extent 脑nao3brain 汁zhi1juice