HSK 6 HSK V7-9
Correct

伤脑筋

/ shāngnǎojīn /
Strokes

Definition

to be a real headache/to find sth a real headache/to beat one's brains

Example

As a Verb

be knotty/thorny/troublesome

1
Zhè
shì
shǐ
使
shāngnǎojīn
伤脑筋
  

This troubles him greatly.

2
Shāngnǎojīn
伤脑筋
de
wèn
问题

knotty problem

3
Wéi
mǒushì
某事
shāngnǎojīn
伤脑筋

trouble one's mind about sth

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