Chinese–English
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é · jiao tou lan e
Traditional 焦頭爛額
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- 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)
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