焦頭爛額

Chinese

		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)		焦	頭	爛	額
simp. (焦头烂额)		焦	头	烂	额

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāotóulàn'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāotóulàn'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaotóulàn-é
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tʻou²-lan⁴-o²
    • Yale: jyāu-tóu-làn-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautourlanner
    • Palladius: цзяотоуланьэ (czjaotoulanʹe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶
    • Yale: jīu tàuh laahn ngaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ teo⁴ lan⁶ ngag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ laːn²² ŋaːk̚²/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 焦頭爛額

1. (literally) to be scorched by the flames
2. (figurative) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed