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傷腦筋

shāng nǎo jīn

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

傷腦筋 (shāng nǎo jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “to be a real headache”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

這個問題真讓人傷腦筋。

This problem is really a headache.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).