rack one's brains
rack one's brains
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à f è IK à x à n, which means to describe painstaking thinking and scheming. It comes from the Black Ghost by Peng Yangou in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The third chapter of Peng Yangou's "black Ji Yuan Hun" in Qing Dynasty: "this method of frying tobacco has been studied with great pains and repeated experiments
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: painstaking, contemplative, painstaking, deliberate, painstaking Antonyms: careless, careless, careless
Idiom usage
His painstaking lies were exposed on the spot.
rack one's brains
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