粵

絞gaau2盡zeon6腦nou5汁zap1

simp绞尽脑汁
gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī

English

  1. to rack one's brains
  2. to rack one's brain; to think very hard; literally: to exhaust the juice of the brain

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用盡精力，費盡腦筋都諗唔到方法或者構思

Examples

  • 我絞盡腦汁都諗唔到好嘅辦法。

    I racked my brain on this issue and still nothing feasible come forth.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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