shāng nǎo jīn

Traditional: 傷腦筋

HSK 7–9

伤脑筋 (shāng nǎo jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be a real headache
  2. 2to find sth a real headache
  3. 3to beat one's brains

Characters in 伤脑筋

伤shāng · to injure脑nǎo · brain筋jīn · muscle

Related words

伤害to injure; to harm伤to injure电脑computer受伤to sustain injuries脑子brains脑袋head脑brain伤心to grieve大脑brain伤口wound悲伤sad; sorrowful头脑brains

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