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费尽心机

fèi jìn xīn jī
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
  2. 2. to beat one's brains out

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Child Words of 费尽心机

尽
jǐn

to the greatest extent

心
xīn

heart

尽
jìn

to use up

费
fèi

to cost

心机
xīn jī

thinking

机
jī

(bound form) machine; mechanism

尽心
jìn xīn

with all of one's heart