穷思苦想 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 窮思苦想 qióngsīkǔxiǎng ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄙ ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ to think hard (idiom) to give sth much thought Character by character 穷(qióng)poor 思(sī)think 苦(kǔ)bitter 想(xiǎng)desire A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0