心力交瘁 — Chinese idiom
心力交瘁
xīn lì jiāo cuì
Meaning
- to be both mentally and physically exhausted
Character by character
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 力lìstrength, power; capability, influence
- 交jiāoto connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect;
- 瘁cuìtired, worn-out; sick; overworked
Idioms sharing a character
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 低首下心 dī shǒu xià xīn
- 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
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