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搜肠刮肚

sōu cháng guā dù

4-character word Traditional 搜腸刮肚

What 搜肠刮肚 means

1. to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution

The characters in 搜肠刮肚

• 搜sōuto search; variant of 搜
• 肠chángintestines
• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 肚dùbelly

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