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蜡烛两头烧
là​zhú​liǎng​tóu​shāo

to burn the candle at both ends

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蜡烛两头烧 蠟燭兩頭燒 là​zhú​liǎng​tóu​shāo
to burn the candle at both ends
(idiom) to labor under a double burden; to be overly busy with multiple tasks or commitments to the point of exhaustion