焦头烂额
jiāotóu-làn’éTraditional 焦頭爛額
badly battered; in a terrible fix
Every meaning
jiāotóu-làn’é
- badly battered; in a terrible fix
Its characters
- 焦jiāoburnt; scorched
- 头tóuhead
- 烂lànrotten; spoiled
- 额éforehead (as in 额头)
Words with 焦
Words with 头
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.