wā kōng xīn si

挖空心思 (wā kōng xīn si) is a Chinese word meaning “to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains”.

Meanings

  1. 1to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer
  2. 2to rack one's brains

Characters in 挖空心思

挖wā · to dig空kōng · empty心xīn · heart思sī · to think

Related words

意思idea担心anxious心heart小心to be careful开心to feel happy不好意思to feel embarrassed关心to be concerned about; to care about中心center; heart; core有意思interesting恶心nausea恶心bad habit恶心variant of 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

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