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粵語辭叢

絞盡腦汁

gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1included in 2 dictionaries
gaau2 din6 naau2 zip2included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord
Jyutping:
gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1

用盡精力,費盡腦筋都諗唔到方法或者構思 (to rack one's brain; to think very hard; literally: to exhaust the juice of the brain)

動詞

Examples

我絞盡腦汁都諗唔到好嘅辦法。

ngo5 gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1 dou1 nam2 m4 dou2 hou2 ge3 baan6 faat3.

I racked my brain on this issue and still nothing feasible come forth.

維基辭典YuePhrase
Jyutping:
gaau2 zeon6 nou5 zap1Original phonetic: /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵn²² nou̯¹³ t͡sɐp̚⁵/

to rack one's brain