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Collocation

1
伤透了脑筋
2
真是伤脑筋
3
别为小事伤脑筋
4
伤脑筋的事
5
让他大伤脑筋

Definition

伤脑筋

Literally means:

cause one enough headache

Actually means:

be knotty

It means one meets a difficulty and has to try hard or to rack his mind to find a solution.

形容碰到难办的事情,让人要大费心思,甚至要绞尽脑汁。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、定语、宾语,中间可以插人别的词语)
1
Zhège
这个
háizi
孩子
hěn
wán
顽皮
  
,
dàochù
到处
chuǎnghuò
闯祸
  
,
zhè
ràng
ma
妈妈
shāngnǎojīn
伤脑筋
  

The child was very naughty and had trouble everywhere, which made his mother very sad.

2
Jǐnguǎn
尽管
chǎngzhǎng
厂长
shāng
tòu
le
nǎojīn
脑筋
  
,
jīn
资金
不足
de
wèn
问题
háishi
还是
néng
chè
彻底
jiějué
解决
  

Despite the plant director's brain injury, the problem of insufficient funds can not be completely solved.

3
Duì
zhōngguó
中国
rén
láishuō
来说
  
,
chǔ
处理
po
婆婆
媳妇
de
máodùn
矛盾
  
,
lái
历来
shì
shāngnǎojīn
伤脑筋
de
shìqing
事情
  
,
zhèzhǒng
这种
shì
chǔ
处理
hǎo
不好
  
,
wǎngwǎng
往往
huì
ràng
rén
lián
gōngzuò
工作
méiyǒu
没有
xīnsi
心思
  

For Chinese, dealing with the contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been a troubled thing, this kind of thing is not handled well, often let people even work without thinking.

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