挖空心思 — Chinese idiom
挖空心思
wā kōng xīn si
Meaning
- to dig for thoughts ; to search everything for an answer
- to rack one's brains
Character by character
- 挖wāto dig, to excavate
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 思sito think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
Idioms sharing a character
- 挖肉补疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
- 司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn
- 唱空城计 chàng kōng chéng jì
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
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