分身乏术 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to be up to one's ears in work
• to be unable to attend to other things at the same time

Character by character

• 分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of ti
• 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
• 乏fápoor; short, lacking; tired
• 术shùskill, art; method, technique; trick

Idioms sharing a character

• 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
• 一分为二 yī fēn wéi èr
• 不分伯仲 bù fēn bó zhòng
• 不分胜负 bù fēn shèng fù
• 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ
• 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
• 五马分尸 wǔ mǎ fēn shī
• 分崩离析 fēn bēng lí xī
• 分秒必争 fēn miǎo bì zhēng
• 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī

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