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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 费尽心机

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
费尽心机 fèi jìn xīn jī - to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
- to beat one's brains out

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
- - 22,660 43,540 27,858

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fèi- surname Fei
fèi- to cost
- to spend
- fee
- wasteful
- expenses
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
xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- surname Ji
- (bound form) machine; mechanism
- (bound form) aircraft
- (bound form) an opportunity
- (bound form) crucial point; pivot
- (bound form) quick-witted; flexible
- (bound form) organic

Other Words Containing 费尽心机

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
费尽心机 - - 22,660 43,540 27,858