搜索枯肠 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc)

Character by character

• 搜sōuto seek, to search, to investigate
• 索suǒcable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to
• 枯kūdried out, withered, decayed
• 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage

Idioms sharing a character

• 搜肠刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù
• 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
• 按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì
• 敲诈勒索 qiāo zhà lè suǒ
• 冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
• 枯木逢春 kū mù féng chūn
• 海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn
• 互诉衷肠 hù sù zhōng cháng
• 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
• 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié

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