fēn shēn fá shùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
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Original source entry:

分身乏術 分身乏术 [fen1 shen1 fa2 shu4] /to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)/to be unable to attend to other things at the same time/

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