焦頭爛額 — jiao1 tou2 lan4 e2 — Chinese Dictionary

🔍

焦

頭

爛

額

焦

頭

爛

額

Definitions4 characters

jiao¹ tou² lan⁴ e²

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)

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

焦

頭

爛

額

As word

1

jiao¹

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)

2

tou²

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)

3

lan⁴

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)

4

e²

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)