| 费尽心思 |
fèi jìn xīn si |
to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through |
| 费 |
Fèi |
surname Fei |
| 费 |
fèi |
to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses |
| 尽 |
jǐn |
to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to |
| 尽 |
jìn |
to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely |
| 尽心 |
jìn xīn |
with all of one's heart |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 心思 |
xīn si |
mind / thoughts / inclination / mood |
| 思 |
sī |
to think / to consider |