冥思苦索 — “To ponder deeply and exhaustively”
冥思苦索 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to ponder deeply and exhaustively”. To rack one's brains in deep thought; to cogitate laboriously. Literally, “deep contemplation and painstaking search”.
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冥思苦索 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 冥míng
- 思sī
- 苦kǔ
- 索suǒ
冥思苦索 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 冥思苦索
为了找到解决这个难题的办法，研究人员冥思苦索了数日。
To find a solution to this difficult problem, the researchers racked their brains for several days.
Idioms Related to 冥思苦索
Synonyms of 冥思苦索
More idioms starting with 冥
- míng冥míng冥zhī之zhì志profound and steadfast resolve
- míng冥shì室dú椟guān棺utterly gloomy and confined space
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn暗primordial chaos of indistinguishable light and darkness
- míng冥zhāo昭méng瞢àn闇primordial chaos and darkness
- míng冥mò漠zhī之xiāng乡remote unseen realm or profound transcendent state
- míng冥mò漠zhī之dōu都netherworld or celestial abode
- míng冥rán然wù兀zuò坐sit quietly in absorbed stillness
- míng冥xíng行zhì擿zhí埴groping for knowledge blindly
- míng冥xíng行máng盲suǒ索act blindly, grope in the dark
- míng冥wán顽bú不huà化obstinately ignorant and impervious to reason
- míng冥wán顽bù不líng灵stubbornly ignorant and unresponsive
Questions about 冥思苦索
- What does 冥思苦索 mean?
- 冥思苦索 (míng sī kǔ suǒ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to ponder deeply and exhaustively”.
- How do you pronounce 冥思苦索?
- 冥思苦索 is pronounced míng sī kǔ suǒ in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 冥思苦索 literally mean?
- Literally, 冥思苦索 means “deep contemplation and painstaking search”. It is used to mean “to ponder deeply and exhaustively”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 冥思苦索?
- 冥：深。绞尽脑汁，苦思苦想。