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Chinese
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burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious |
head; (noun suffix)
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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)
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焦
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頭
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爛
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額
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| simp. (焦头烂额)
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焦
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头
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烂
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额
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| alternative forms
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燋頭爛額／燋头烂额
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Pronunciation
Idiom
焦頭爛額
- (literally) to be scorched by the flames
今論功而請賓，曲突徙薪亡恩澤，焦頭爛額為上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今论功而请宾，曲突徙薪亡恩泽，焦头烂额为上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Jīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē?
- Now you are inviting people according to their contributions, then how can you forget the mercy of the person that told you to replace the chimney with a crooked one and move the firewood away, but let those people got burnt seriously be the important guests?"
- (figurative) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed
為了趕在年底完成這項目，團隊最近是忙得焦頭爛額。 [MSC, trad.]
为了赶在年底完成这项目，团队最近是忙得焦头烂额。 [MSC, simp.]- Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é.
- In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.