费尽心机 — Chinese idiom
费尽心机
fèi jìn xīn jī
Traditional: 費盡心機
Meaning
- to rack one's brains for schemes
- to beat one's brains out
Character by character
- 费fèiexpenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 机jīdesk; machine; moment, opportunity
Idioms sharing a character
- 煞费苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn
- 白费唇舌 bái fèi chún shé
- 费尽心思 fèi jìn xīn si
- 铺张浪费 pū zhāng làng fèi
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 一言难尽 yī yán nán jìn
- 一饮而尽 yī yǐn ér jìn
- 人尽可夫 rén jìn kě fū
- 人尽皆知 rén jìn jiē zhī
- 仁至义尽 rén zhì yì jìn
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