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): ㄈㄣㄕㄣㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan¹ san¹ fat⁶ seot⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnshēnfáshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣㄕㄣㄈㄚˊ 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

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

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