See 焦頭爛額 on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "焦头烂额",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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},
{
"form": "燋頭爛額"
}
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"english": "Now you are inviting people according to their contributions, then how can you forget the mercy of the person that told you to replace the chimney with a crooked one and move the firewood away, but let those people got burnt seriously be the important guests?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
"roman": "Jīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē?",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "今論功而請賓，曲突徙薪亡恩澤，焦頭爛額為上客耶？",
"type": "quote"
},
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"english": "Now you are inviting people according to their contributions, then how can you forget the mercy of the person that told you to replace the chimney with a crooked one and move the firewood away, but let those people got burnt seriously be the important guests?\"",
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"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
"roman": "Jīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē?",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "今论功而请宾，曲突徙薪亡恩泽，焦头烂额为上客耶？",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"to be scorched by the flames"
],
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"scorched",
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"(literally) to be scorched by the flames"
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"english": "In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "為了趕在年底完成這項目，團隊最近是忙得焦頭爛額。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"roman": "Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "为了赶在年底完成这项目，团队最近是忙得焦头烂额。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed"
],
"id": "en-焦頭爛額-zh-phrase-n3oMYvDo",
"links": [
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"sorry",
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],
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"plight",
"plight"
],
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"hard-pressed",
"hard-pressed"
],
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"overwrought",
"overwrought"
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"in trouble",
"in trouble"
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"overwhelmed",
"overwhelmed"
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"(figurative) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed"
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāotóulàn'é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāotóulàn'é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiaotóulàn-é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao¹-tʻou²-lan⁴-o²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyāu-tóu-làn-é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiautourlanner"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяотоуланьэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaotoulanʹe"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jīu tàuh laahn ngaahk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu¹ teo⁴ lan⁶ ngag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ laːn²² ŋaːk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ laːn²² ŋaːk̚²/"
}
],
"word": "焦頭爛額"
}
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"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 焦",
"Chinese terms spelled with 爛",
"Chinese terms spelled with 頭",
"Chinese terms spelled with 額",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "焦头烂额",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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},
{
"form": "燋頭爛額"
}
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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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"examples": [
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"english": "Now you are inviting people according to their contributions, then how can you forget the mercy of the person that told you to replace the chimney with a crooked one and move the firewood away, but let those people got burnt seriously be the important guests?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
"roman": "Jīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē?",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "今論功而請賓，曲突徙薪亡恩澤，焦頭爛額為上客耶？",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Now you are inviting people according to their contributions, then how can you forget the mercy of the person that told you to replace the chimney with a crooked one and move the firewood away, but let those people got burnt seriously be the important guests?\"",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Chinese",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
"roman": "Jīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē?",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "今论功而请宾，曲突徙薪亡恩泽，焦头烂额为上客耶？",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be scorched by the flames"
],
"links": [
[
"scorched",
"scorched"
],
[
"flame",
"flame"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally) to be scorched by the flames"
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"literally"
]
},
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"Mandarin terms with usage examples"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"roman": "Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "為了趕在年底完成這項目，團隊最近是忙得焦頭爛額。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.",
"raw_tags": [
"MSC",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"roman": "Wèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é.",
"tags": [
"Pinyin"
],
"text": "为了赶在年底完成这项目，团队最近是忙得焦头烂额。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed"
],
"links": [
[
"sorry",
"sorry"
],
[
"plight",
"plight"
],
[
"hard-pressed",
"hard-pressed"
],
[
"overwrought",
"overwrought"
],
[
"in trouble",
"in trouble"
],
[
"overwhelmed",
"overwhelmed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāotóulàn'é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄠ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄜˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "ziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāotóulàn'é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiaotóulàn-é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiao¹-tʻou²-lan⁴-o²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyāu-tóu-làn-é"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiautourlanner"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяотоуланьэ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjaotoulanʹe"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jīu tàuh laahn ngaahk"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dziu¹ tau⁴ laan⁶ ngaak⁹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu¹ teo⁴ lan⁶ ngag⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ laːn²² ŋaːk̚²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ län⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ laːn²² ŋaːk̚²/"
}
],
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}
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