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Home / Idiom / 费尽心机

to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) · to beat one's brains out

费尽心机
fèi jìn xīn jī
f+èi·4th tonej+ìn·4th tonex+īn·1st tonej+ī·1st tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking · at the cost of a lot of effort煞费苦心shà fèi kǔ xīnto tax one's ingenuity用尽心机yòng jìn xīn jīto think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means · to try this, that and the other想方设法xiǎng fāng shè fǎto dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer · to rack one's brains挖空心思wā kōng xīn sirack one's brains in vain · have had all one's pains for nothing · rack one's brains without results · waste one's efforts · fruitless efforts · go on a wild goose chase枉费心机wǎng fèi xīn jīto make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble · to work hard at sth苦心孤诣kǔ xīn gū yì
Antonyms
not paying attention to anything (idiom); to idle time away无所用心wú suǒ yòng xīn
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