殚精竭虑 — Chinese idiom
殚精竭虑
dān jīng jié lǜ
Traditional: 殫精竭慮
Meaning
- to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity ; to think sth through thoroughly
- to rack one's brains
- to leave no stone unturned
Character by character
- 殚dānutmost, entirely, quite; to use up
- 精jīngessence, germ, spirit
- 竭jiéto exhaust; to put forth great effort
- 虑lǜanxious, concerned, worried
Idioms sharing a character
- 殚精极虑 dān jīng jí lǜ
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 励精图治 lì jīng tú zhì
- 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
- 博而不精 bó ér bù jīng
- 古灵精怪 gǔ líng jīng guài
- 业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
- 无精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi
- 无精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi
- 短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
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