伤脑筋 / 傷腦筋
shāng nǎo jīn
Meaning
- to be a real headache
- to find something a real headache
- to beat one's brains
Example sentences
为女儿婚事，很伤脑筋。
爲女兒婚事，很傷腦筋。
wèi nǚ ér hūn shì， hěn shāng nǎo jīn。
I'm really worried about my daughter's marriage.
我解决不了这个问题，这真是个伤脑筋的东西。
我解決不了這個問題，這真是個傷腦筋的東西。
wǒ jiě jué bù liǎo zhè ge wèn tí， zhè zhēn shì gè shāng nǎo jīn de dōng xī。
I can't solve this problem; it's really a headache.
她说，挑选喜糖比挑婚纱还要让人伤脑筋呢！
她說，挑選喜糖比挑婚紗還要讓人傷腦筋呢！
tā shuō， tiāo xuǎn xǐ táng bǐ tiāo hūn shā hái yào ràng rén shāng nǎo jīn ne！
She said that choosing wedding candies is more troublesome than choosing a wedding dress!