蜡烛两头烧

Traditional: 蠟燭兩頭燒

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Dictionary entry

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

What does 蜡烛两头烧 mean?

蜡烛两头烧 (là zhú liǎng tóu shāo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

2to labor under a double burden

Character breakdown

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蜡làcandle · wax 烛zhúcandle · (literary) to illuminate 两liǎngtwo · both 头tóuhead · hair style 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire · to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)

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蜡烛两头烧

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