Dictionary/伤脑筋

伤脑筋 傷腦筋

shāng nǎo jīn

ㄕㄤ ㄋㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
HSK 7-9TOCFL L4core 10k
1to be a real headache
2to find sth a real headache
3to beat one's brains

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Example

“bài拜gè个bù gòu不够háng行de的shī fu师父,hěn很shāng nǎo jīn伤脑筋ba吧?”“wǒ我yě也hěn很bèn笨,suǒ yǐ所以méi guān xi没关系。”
“拜个不够行的师父,很伤脑筋吧?” “我也很笨,所以没关系。”
"It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right."