| 费尽心机 |
fèi jìn xīn jī |
to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out |
| 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 |
| 心机 |
xīn jī |
thinking / scheme |
| 机 |
Jī |
surname Ji |
| 机 |
jī |
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic |