翻肠倒肚 — “To rack one's brains”
翻肠倒肚 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rack one's brains”. To ponder deeply and exhaustively, often in an effort to find ideas or words. Literally, “To turn over intestines and empty stomach”.
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翻肠倒肚 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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编剧为了让剧情更加引人入胜，真是翻肠倒肚，修改了无数次
To make the plot more engaging, the screenwriter truly racked his brains, revising it countless times.
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Synonyms of 翻肠倒肚
More idioms starting with 翻
- fān翻yún云fù覆yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻chún唇nòng弄shé舌sow discord with manipulative words
- fān翻fù复wú无cháng常erratic and unpredictable
- fān翻tiān天zuò作dì地cause a great uproar
- fān翻tiān天fù覆dì地tremendous, fundamental, earth-shattering changes
- fān翻tiān天cù蹙dì地overwhelming power or swift mighty force
- fān翻shān山shè涉shuǐ水travel over mountains and waters
- fān翻shān山yuè越lǐng岭traverse mountains and cross ridges
- fān翻shān山yuè越shuǐ水traveling over mountains and rivers
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fickle and unpredictable
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云fù覆shǒu手yǔ雨fickle and manipulative
- fān翻shǒu手wèi为yún云，，fù覆shǒu手wèi为yǔ雨fickle, manipulative, and unpredictable
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What does 翻肠倒肚 mean?
翻肠倒肚 (fān cháng dǎo dù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rack one's brains”.
How do you pronounce 翻肠倒肚?
翻肠倒肚 is pronounced fān cháng dǎo dù in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 翻肠倒肚 literally mean?
Literally, 翻肠倒肚 means “to turn over intestines and empty stomach”. It is used to mean “to rack one's brains”.
What is the Chinese definition of 翻肠倒肚?
苦思苦想，搜索枯肠