动脑筋

動腦筋

dòngnǎojīn

phrase #22,853

Meanings

这道题需要动动脑筋才能解出来。

Zhè dào tí xūyào dòng dòngnǎojīn cáinéng jiě chūlái.

This problem requires you to use your brain to solve it.

要解决这个问题，我们都得动脑筋。

Yào jiějué zhège wèntí, wǒmen dōu děi dòngnǎojīn.

To solve this problem, we all need to put our minds to work.

memory

动 (to move/use) + 脑 (brain) + 筋 (tendon/sinew) — 'to work the brain's tendons', a vivid colloquial expression for exerting mental effort.

动 dòng

脑 nǎo

筋 jīn