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"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "phrase",
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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?\"",
"ref": "今論功而請賓，曲突徙薪亡恩澤，焦頭爛額為上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "今论功而请宾，曲突徙薪亡恩泽，焦头烂额为上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nJīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē? [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be scorched by the flames"
],
"id": "en-焦頭爛額-zh-phrase-fjnR3FQB",
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"scorched",
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"flame"
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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.",
"ref": "為了趕在年底完成這項目，團隊最近是忙得焦頭爛額。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "为了赶在年底完成这项目，团队最近是忙得焦头烂额。 [MSC, simp.]\nWèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"in a sorry plight; hard-pressed; overwrought; in trouble; overwhelmed"
],
"id": "en-焦頭爛額-zh-phrase-n3oMYvDo",
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"sorry",
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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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"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
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"sounds": [
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"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"
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},
{
"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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"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?\"",
"ref": "今論功而請賓，曲突徙薪亡恩澤，焦頭爛額為上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "今论功而请宾，曲突徙薪亡恩泽，焦头烂额为上客耶？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE\nJīn lùn gōng ér qǐng bīn, qūtūxǐxīn wáng ēnzé, jiāotóulàn'é wèi shàngkè yē? [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"to be scorched by the flames"
],
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[
"scorched",
"scorched"
],
[
"flame",
"flame"
]
],
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"(literally) to be scorched by the flames"
],
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"idiomatic",
"literally"
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"examples": [
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"english": "In order to finish the project before the end of this year, our team has been overwhelmingly busy recently.",
"ref": "為了趕在年底完成這項目，團隊最近是忙得焦頭爛額。 [MSC, trad.]",
"text": "为了赶在年底完成这项目，团队最近是忙得焦头烂额。 [MSC, simp.]\nWèile gǎn zài niándǐ wánchéng zhè xiàngmù, tuánduì zuìjìn shì máng dé jiāotóulàn'é. [Pinyin]",
"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/"
}
],
"word": "焦頭爛額"
}
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