搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
搜 sōu HSK 5
to search
索 suǒ HSK 5
to search; to demand; to ask
枯 kū HSK 6
dried up
肠 cháng HSK 5
intestines; old variant of 腸cháng