焦头烂额
Traditional form:
焦頭爛額
Pinyin (reading):
jiāotóulàn'é
Definitions:
- lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
- fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
Characters:
- 焦 - burned, scorched; anxious, vexed
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 烂 - overcooked, overripe; rotten, spoiled
- 额 - forehead; quota, amount
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