【搜索枯肠】〖su su k cháng〗[rack one's brains; beat one's brains; rack one's brains; scratch through one's mind for sth. -- a self-depreciatory phrase of a man of letters]

搜章摘句著诗典，

索解词语汉英翻。

枯木逢春世界语，

肠回气荡大同寰。

形容写作时苦思苦想。Describe when writing bitter thinking think hard.同：挖空心思、搜肠刮肚。反：无所用心。谜：干尸腹部解剖。