伤脑筋

shāng nǎo jīn

HSK 7

Meaning 释义

to be a real headache
to find sth a real headache
to beat one's brains

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In real sentences 真实例句

为wèi女儿nǚ'ér婚事hūnshì，很hěn伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn。

Planning her daughter's wedding is a headache.

Tatoeba #3709303

她tā说shuō，挑选tiāoxuǎn喜糖xǐtáng比bǐ挑tiāo婚纱hūnshā还hái要yào让ràng人rén伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn呢ne！

She said that picking out wedding favors was even more stressful than choosing a wedding dress!

Tatoeba #13537382

真zhēn伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn。

It really is a headache.

Tatoeba #1637796

“拜bài个gè不够bùgòu行xíng的de师父shīfu，很hěn伤脑筋shāngnǎojīn吧ba？“ “我Wǒ也yě很hěn笨bèn，所以suǒyǐ没关系méiguānxi。”

"It must bother you to have taken a bad master." "I'm stupid too. So, it's all right."

Tatoeba #862457

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