- 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 (焦): surname Jiao
- 头 (頭): head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 烂 (爛): soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- 额 (頟): variant of 額|额[e2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 焦头烂额
- MDBG: 焦头烂额
- Examples with 焦头烂额 on Tatoeba
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