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冥思苦索
míngsīkǔsuǒ
1. to rack one's innermost brains (idiom)

Character Breakdown

冥
míng
dark, gloomy, night; deep
10 丶
思
sī
to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
HSK 2 9 丶
苦
kǔ
bitter; hardship, suffering
HSK 4 8 丶
索
suǒ
cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
HSK 5 10 丶

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