cudgel one's brains for

cudgel one's brains for

Meditation, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced m í ngs ī K ǔ Su ǒ, which means deep and painstaking thinking. From the second edition of shisou waibian.

Idiom explanation

Ming: deep; bitter: try your best; with heart. Meditation: think deeply. Think deeply and painstakingly. It is often used to describe how to think about problems by subjective imagination instead of field investigation and research.

The origin of Idioms

In the second edition of shisou · waibian written by Hu Yinglin in Ming Dynasty, it is said that "the good sentences of Lingyun are full of deep thought."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: contemplation, deliberation.

Idiom usage

It can be used as a predicate, an object or an adverbial. He sat at the window with his cheek in his hand, wondering what to think.