焦頭爛額

Chinese

		burnt; scorched; worried burnt; scorched; worried; anxious	head; (noun suffix)	rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely	volume; amount; quantity volume; amount; quantity; forehead; quota
trad. (焦頭爛額)		焦	頭	爛	額
simp. (焦头烂额)		焦	头	烂	额

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāotóulàn'é

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiāotóulàn'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiautourlanner
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶
  - Yale: jīu tàuh laahn ngaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ teo⁴ lan⁶ ngag⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ läːn²² ŋäːk̚²/

Idiom

焦頭爛額

(literally) to be scorched by the flames
(figuratively) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble

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