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cudgel one 's brains for

Time: 2022-01-31 05:10:33 Author: ChinaWiki.net

cudgel one 's brains for

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē ns ī K ǔ Su ǒ, meaning to rack one's brains and think hard. It comes from Shi sou Wai Bian er by Hu Yinglin of Ming Dynasty.

explain

Rack your brains and think hard.

source

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."

cudgel one 's brains for


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