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脑筋

nǎo jīn

2-character word Traditional 腦筋

What 脑筋 means

1. brains
2. mind
3. head
4. way of thinking

The characters in 脑筋

• 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.
• 你有个死脑筋。
  You've got a one-track mind.
• 现在正是关键的时候了，请不要还那么死脑筋，丝毫不知权变。
  Now is the critical moment. Please stop being so stubborn and inflexible, completely unable to adapt flexibility.
• 她的脑筋转得很快，无论你对她说些什么，她总能巧妙地作出反驳。
  Tā de nǎojīn zhuǎn dehěn kuài, wúlùn nǐ duì tā shuō xiē shénme, tā zǒngnéng qiǎomiào de zuòchū fǎnbó.
  She's quick on her feet, so no matter what you say to her, she'll have a witty comeback.
• “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."

Words containing 脑筋

• 伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains
• 动脑筋dòng nǎo jīnto use one's brains; to think
• 豆渣脑筋dòu zhā nǎo jīnidiot; porridge head