分身乏術

Chinese

		to handle more than one thing at a time; to divide one's attention	short of; tired	method; technique
trad. (分身乏術)		分身	乏	術
simp. (分身乏术)		分身	乏	术
Literally: “want to use bilocation but it is impossible”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēnshēnfáshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣ ㄕㄣ ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ san¹ fat⁶ seot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshēnfáshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣ ㄕㄣ ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fenshenfáshù
    • Wade–Giles: fên¹-shên¹-fa²-shu⁴
    • Yale: fēn-shēn-fá-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenshenfarshuh
    • Palladius: фэньшэньфашу (fɛnʹšɛnʹfašu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ fä³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan¹ san¹ fat⁶ seot⁶
    • Yale: fān sān faht seuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan¹ san¹ fat⁹ soet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen¹ sen¹ fed⁶ sêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ fɐt̚² sɵt̚²/

Idiom

分身乏術

1. to be extremely busy that one is unable to handle other things