rack one's brains(sōu suǒ kū cháng)

rack one's brains

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ō usu ǒ K ū ch á ng, which describes using one's brain to think hard (mostly refers to writing poetry). It comes from Tang Lu Tong's "writing to thank Meng Jianyi for sending new tea".

The origin of Idioms

Lu Tong, Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem to express his gratitude to Mencius for sending new tea: "there are only five thousand volumes of words in the poem

Analysis of Idioms

The synonym is to dig one's brains, rummage, rack one's brains and think hard. antonym no intention, literary thinking, seven step talent, depending on the mark lantern riddle abdominal anatomy of the corpse

Idiom usage

Verb object; predicate; derogatory, mostly used in poetry creation. Today, sister Baoyun must be stubborn. If you teach me again, I'll be dead. The sixty ninth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : sōu suǒ kū cháng