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伤脑筋

shāng nǎo jīn

HSK 6 3-character word Traditional 傷腦筋

What 伤脑筋 means

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

The characters in 伤脑筋

• 伤shāngto injure; injury; wound
• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head
• 筋jīnmuscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin

Example sentences

• 真伤脑筋。
  Zhēn shāngnǎojīn.
  It really is a headache.
• “拜个不够行的师父，很伤脑筋吧？”　“我也很笨，所以没关系。”
  "bài gè bù gòu xíng de shīfu, hěn shāngnǎojīn ba?" "wǒ yě hěn bèn, suǒyǐ méiguānxi."
  "It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right."