搜肠刮肚 in English sou1 chang2 gua1 du4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to search one's guts and belly (idiomatic expression); to racks one's brains for a solution

Simplified Characters

搜 肠 刮 肚

Traditional Characters

搜 腸 刮 肚

Pinyin

sou1 chang2 gua1 du4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

搜sou1to search 肠chang2intestines 刮gua1to scrape 肚du4tripe