伤脑筋
shāng nǎojīn
“To be a real headache” in Chinese is 伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn).
Meaning
- to be a real headache
- to find sth a real headache
- to beat one's brains
Example
为女儿婚事，很伤脑筋。
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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