倾箱倒箧

傾箱倒篋
qīngxiāngdàoqiè
  1. (idiom) to exhaust all one has
  2. to leave no stone unturned
  3. to try one's best

CEDICT

原指将食物全数搬出，热情待客。后泛指尽其所有。《野叟曝言．第十回》：「素臣遂倾箱倒箧，把那古文之法，不传之祕，一齐揭示。」也作「倾筐倒庋」、「倾筐倒箧」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 倾 qīng
  1. to overturn
  2. to collapse
  3. to lean
  4. to tend
  5. to incline
  6. to pour out
2 箱 xiāng
  1. box
  2. trunk
  3. chest
3 倒 dào
  1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  2. to pour out
  3. to tip out; to dump
  4. inverted; upside down; reversed
  5. to go backward
  6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
4 箧 qiè
  1. chest
  2. box
  3. trunk
  4. suitcase
  5. portfolio

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殚精极虑 dānjīngjílǜ
  1. to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly
  2. to rack one's brains
  3. to leave no stone unturned
殚精竭虑 dānjīngjiélǜ
  1. to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly
  2. to rack one's brains
  3. to leave no stone unturned