搜索枯腸 sōu suǒ kū cháng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

搜 sōu
HSK 5
search, seek; investigate
索 suǒ
HSK 5
large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
枯 kū
HSK 6
dried out, withered, decayed
腸 cháng intestines; emotions; sausage