To apply oneself with extreme diligence and painstaking effort, especially in intellectual or creative work; to rack one's brains.
为了写出一部传世之作，这位作家每日刳精鉥心，字斟句酌。
To create a masterpiece that would last through generations, the writer painstakingly applied himself every day, carefully weighing every word.
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