焦頭爛額

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Chinese

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burnt; scorched; worried
burnt; scorched; worried; anxious
 
head; (noun suffix)
rotten; decayed; well-cooked
rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
 
volume; amount; quantity
volume; amount; quantity; forehead; quota
 
trad. (焦頭爛額)
simp. (焦头烂额)
alternative forms 燋頭爛額燋头烂额

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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焦頭爛額

  1. (literally) to be scorched by the flames
  2. (figurative) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed
    為了年底完成項目團隊最近焦頭爛額 [MSC, trad.]
    为了年底完成项目团队最近焦头烂额 [MSC, simp.]
    Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é. [Pinyin]
    In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.