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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 绞尽脑汁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
绞尽脑汁 jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī - to rack one's brains

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,698 28,945 22,750

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǎo- to twist (strands into a thread)
- to entangle
- to wring
- to hang (by the neck)
- to turn
- to wind
- classifier for skeins of yarn
jǐn- to the greatest extent
- (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
- to be within the limits of
- to give priority to
jìn- to use up
- to exhaust
- to end
- to finish
- to the utmost
- exhausted
- finished
- to the limit (of sth)
- all
- entirely
nǎo- brain
- mind
- head
- essence
zhī- juice

Other Words Containing 绞尽脑汁

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
绞尽脑汁 - - 18,698 28,945 22,750