焦头烂额 jiāotóulàn'é badly burned Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: overwhelmed All meanings 2 jiāotóulàn'é 2 badly burned 1overwhelmed 1 1 sentence for 焦头烂额 (jiāotóulàn'é — overwhelmed) 繁重的工作任务让他忙得焦头烂额。 fánzhòng de gōngzuò rènwu ràng tā máng de jiāotóulàn'é. Heavy workloads have left him utterly overwhelmed. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary