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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 焦头烂额
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 焦头烂额 | jiāo tóu làn é | - lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) - fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 16,863 | 32,709 | 27,615 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 焦 | jiāo | - surname Jiao |
| 焦 | jiāo | - burnt - scorched - charred - worried - anxious - coke - joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3]) |
| 头 | tóu | - head - hair style - the top - end - beginning or end - a stub - remnant - chief - boss - side - aspect - first - leading - classifier for pigs or livestock - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 头 | tou | - suffix for nouns |
| 烂 | làn | - soft; mushy - well-cooked and soft - to rot; to decompose - rotten - worn out - chaotic; messy - utterly; thoroughly - crappy; bad |
| 额 | é | - variant of 額|额[e2] |
| 额 | é | - forehead - horizontal tablet or inscribed board - specified number or amount |
Other Words Containing 焦头烂额
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 焦头烂额 | - | - | 16,863 | 32,709 | 27,615 |