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焦頭爛額

jiāotóulàné

ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ

Simplified 焦头烂额

  1. 1lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)

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