焦头烂额

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)

surname Jiao

burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])

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]

suffix for nouns

soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad

variant of 額|额[e2]

forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount