rack one's brains in vain

rack one's brains in vain

Waste one's mind, a Chinese idiom, pronounced w ǎ NGF è IX ī NJ ī, refers to the waste of one's mind, which means futility. It's from "fighting for wisdom across the river.".

Analysis of Idioms

Try one's best

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's "fighting wisdom across the river" the second fold: "if you make such a section, you dare to use it in vain."

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate and object, with derogatory meaning.

Examples

1. The professor advised him not to think about it. ——Discovery from the map of the world

2. However, philanthropists and humanists, who advocate raising wages and improving the treatment of workers, are simply not helping the times.

3. The U.S. imperialists tried to lead the good wishes of Asian and African countries to discuss the violation of human rights by Wu Tingyan group in the United Nations astray, in order to achieve its despicable purpose. The result is bound to be ~.

In 4 and February 7th, foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang responded to "Japan's purchase of a right-wing think tank in Britain attacking China". If the content of the report is true, I can only say that it is a waste of effort. On the one hand, Japan calls for the improvement of Sino Japanese relations; on the other hand, if it attacks and discredits China for no reason, it will involve the issue of good faith. We urge the Japanese side to conscientiously correct its understanding of China and do more things that are conducive to the improvement of Sino Japanese relations rather than vice versa.

5. No effort, no snow, no spring. Xu Zhonglin's the story of Fengshen in Ming Dynasty