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百思不得其解 (baak3 si1 bat1 dak1 kei4 gaai2) — to think over sth. repeatedly without coming to a conclusion, solution or answer in Cantonese

baak˗₃百siˉ¹思batˉ¹不dakˉ¹得keiˎ₄其gaaiˊ²解
Mandarin Pinyin: bai3 si1 bu4 de2 qi2 jie3

Meaning of 百思不得其解

nounto think over sth. repeatedly without coming to a conclusion, solution or answer

Characters in 百思不得其解

百baak3
hundred
思si1
train of thought; thinking
不bat1
not; no; un-
得dak1
be satisfied/complacent
其kei4
used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression
解gaai2
untie; separate; cut apart

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