忙不过来

Traditional form:

忙不過來

Pinyin (reading):

mángbùguòlái

Definitions:

• to have more work than one can deal with
• to have one's hands full

Characters:

• 忙 - busy, hurried, pressed for time
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

Traditional characters:

• 忙 - busy, hurried, pressed for time
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on