焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
Pinyin

Definition

焦头烂额
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jiāo tóu làn é
  1. lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. fig. hard-pressed
  3. under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

焦虑
jiāo lu:4
  1. 1 anxious
  2. 2 worried
  3. 3 apprehensive
焦点
jiāo diǎn
  1. 1 focus
  2. 2 focal point
对焦
duì jiāo
  1. 1 to focus (a camera)
  2. 2 focusing
心焦
xīn jiāo
  1. 1 worried
  2. 2 anxious
烤焦
kǎo jiāo
  1. 1 to burn (food by overroasting etc)
焦作
Jiāo zuò
  1. 1 Jiaozuo prefecture-level city in Henan
焦急
jiāo jí
  1. 1 anxiety
  2. 2 anxious
焦虑症
jiāo lu:4 zhèng
  1. 1 neurosis
  2. 2 anxiety
焦灼
jiāo zhuó
  1. 1 (literary) deeply worried
焦糖
jiāo táng
  1. 1 caramel
焦躁
jiāo zào
  1. 1 fretful
  2. 2 impatient
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
焦黄
jiāo huáng
  1. 1 sallow
  2. 2 yellow and withered
  3. 3 sickly
烧焦
shāo jiāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to scorch
  3. 3 burned
  4. 4 burning
  5. 5 scorched
  6. 6 charred
聚焦
jù jiāo
  1. 1 to focus
变焦
biàn jiāo
  1. 1 (photography) zoom
  2. 2 (optics) to adjust the focus
三焦
sān jiāo
  1. 1 (TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"
千焦
qiān jiāo
  1. 1 kilojoule
微聚焦
wēi jù jiāo
  1. 1 microfocus x-ray computed tomography (microCT)
焦
Jiāo
  1. 1 surname Jiao

Idioms (1)

焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)

Sample Sentences

不会吧？我看看单子。嗯，是错了。现在是旺季，师傅都忙得焦头烂额，所以搞错了。这样吧，我让他改改。
bùhuì ba ？wǒ kànkan dānzi 。ng4 ，shì cuò le 。xiànzài shì wàngjì ，shīfu dōu máng de jiāotóulàn é ，suǒyǐ gǎocuò le 。zhèyàng ba ，wǒ ràng tā gǎigai 。
There must be some mistake...? Let me see the order form. Oh, it is wrong. This is the busy season, and the master tailor is running around with his hair on fire, so he made a mistake. How 'bout I have him touch it up?
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