nặn óc
Pronunciation
Northern
/na̰ʔn˨˩ awk˧˥/
Central
/na̰ŋ˨˨ a̰wk˩˧/
Southern
/naŋ˨˩˨ awk˧˥/
rack one's brains
unknown
rack one's brains
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
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rack one's brains
To think very intensely and exert significant mental effort to find a solution for a problem.
vi Anh ấy nặn óc mãi mới tìm ra cách giải quyết.
en He racked his brains for a long time before finding a solution.
Parts
nặn / óc / 攤沃
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Parts
nặn / óc / 攤沃
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
攤沃
Candidates by syllable
nặn
攤（𡔃）
óc
沃（腛 / 𠴎 / 𩠭）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nặn / nặn chuyện / lộng óc / nhức óc …
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Similar
nặn / nặn chuyện / lộng óc / nhức óc …
Use
nhào nặn / bà mụ nặn nhầm / bộ óc / đầu óc …
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Use
nhào nặn / bà mụ nặn nhầm / bộ óc / đầu óc …