脑汁 (nǎo zhī) — (figurative) brains, mental effort (primarily used in the idiom 绞尽脑汁)

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Esempi

• 他绞尽了脑汁也想不出办法。
  Tā jiǎo jìn le nǎo zhī yě xiǎng bù chū bàn fǎ.
  He racked his brains but couldn't come up with a solution.
• 为了完成这个项目，我绞尽脑汁。
  Wèi le wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù, wǒ jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī.
  I racked my brains to finish this project.
• 你绞尽脑汁也猜不到答案。
  Nǐ jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī yě cāi bú dào dá àn.
  You could rack your brains and still not guess the answer.