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蜡烛两头烧 (蠟燭兩頭燒)

là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

Definition

  1. to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. to labor under a double burden

Character Decomposition

蜡
=
虫
+
昔
烛
=
火
+
虫
两
=
一
+
从
+
冂
头
=
大
+
？
烧
=
火
+
尧

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