用尽心机

yòng jìn xīn jī

Definitions

1. to tax one's ingenuity

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Child Words of 用尽心机

• 尽 尽 jǐn: to the greatest extent
• 心 心 xīn: heart
• 用 用 yòng: to use
• 尽 尽 jìn: to use up
• 心机 心机 xīn jī: thinking
• 机 机 jī: (bound form) machine; mechanism
• 用尽 用尽 yòng jìn: to exhaust
• 尽心 尽心 jìn xīn: with all of one's heart