蜡烛两头烧
là​zhú​liǎng​tóu​shāo

to burn the candle at both ends

  • created sense approved 蜡烛两头烧/蠟燭兩頭燒 · là​zhú​liǎng​tóu​shāo · to burn the candle at both ends — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    蜡烛 (literal) → 蜡烛/蠟燭 · là​zhú · candle 两头 (literal) → 两头/兩頭 · liǎng​tou · both ends 烧 (literal) → 烧/燒 · shāo · to burn

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    created sense