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绞jiǎo尽jìn脑nǎo汁zhī

  1. to rack one's brains

    trad. 絞盡腦汁

Also written 絞盡腦汁【jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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绞
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to twist (strands into a thread), to entangle, to wring, to hang (by the neck), to turn, to wind, classifier for skeins of yarn

Pinyin
jiǎo
Traditional
絞
Strokes
9
Words starting with 绞Words ending in 绞Anywhere in a word
尽
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to the greatest extent, (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme, to be within the limits of, to give priority to

Pinyin
jǐn
Traditional
儘
Strokes
6
Frequency
2396 of 2500
Words starting with 尽Words ending in 尽Anywhere in a word
脑
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

brain, mind, head, essence

Pinyin
nǎo
Traditional
腦
Strokes
10
Frequency
10227 of 2500
Words starting with 脑Words ending in 脑Anywhere in a word
汁
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

juice

Pinyin
zhī
Strokes
5
Frequency
13404 of 2500
Words starting with 汁Words ending in 汁Anywhere in a word