See 挖空心思 on Wiktionary
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"args": {},
"expansion": "挖空心思",
"name": "zh-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer"
],
"id": "en-挖空心思-zh-verb-EKYXeQNH",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"rack one's brains",
"rack one's brains"
],
[
"search",
"search"
],
[
"everything",
"everything"
],
[
"answer",
"answer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually derogatory) to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "想心想肝"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wākōngxīnsī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wākōngxīnsī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wakongsinsih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wa¹-kʻung¹-hsin¹-ssŭ¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wā-kūng-syīn-sz̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "uakongshinsy"
},
{
"roman": "vakunsinʹsy",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вакунсиньсы"
},
{
"ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "waat hūng sām sī"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "waat⁸ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "wad³ hung¹ sem¹ xi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/waːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "挖空心思"
}
{
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "挖空心思",
"name": "zh-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese verbs",
"Chinese derogatory terms",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 心",
"Chinese terms spelled with 思",
"Chinese terms spelled with 挖",
"Chinese terms spelled with 空",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese verbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"rack one's brains",
"rack one's brains"
],
[
"search",
"search"
],
[
"everything",
"everything"
],
[
"answer",
"answer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually derogatory) to rack one's brains; to search everything for an answer"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"usually"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wākōngxīnsī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wākōngxīnsī"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wakongsinsih"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wa¹-kʻung¹-hsin¹-ssŭ¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wā-kūng-syīn-sz̄"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "uakongshinsy"
},
{
"roman": "vakunsinʹsy",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "вакунсиньсы"
},
{
"ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "waat³ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "waat hūng sām sī"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "waat⁸ hung¹ sam¹ si¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "wad³ hung¹ sem¹ xi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/waːt̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "想心想肝"
}
],
"word": "挖空心思"
}
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