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  1. to be a real headache
  2. to find sth a real headache
  3. to beat one's brains

Characters

  • 伤 (傷): to injure; injury; wound
  • 脑 (腦): brain; mind; head; essence
  • 筋 (筋): muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

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Examples

我解决不了这个问题,这真是个伤脑筋的东西。

“拜个不够行的师父,很伤脑筋吧?” “我也很笨,所以没关系。”

为女儿婚事,很伤脑筋。

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