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Jyutping pei4 jyu1 ban1 ming6
Pinyin pí yú bēn mìng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (idiom) terribly busy
  2. up to one's ears in work
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    事情​繁多​,​奔波​勞累​,​不堪​其苦
    tired and exhausted from hard and laborious work; literally: exhausted from running around
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be tired and exhausted from constantly running around; to be tired to death with hustling and bustling
    • 中國農民有很大的潛伏力,只要組織和指揮得當,能使日本軍隊一天忙碌二十四小時,使之疲於奔命。
      中国农民有很大的潜伏力,只要组织和指挥得当,能使日本军队一天忙碌二十四小时,使之疲于奔命。
      zhōng guó nóng mín yǒu hěn dà de qián fú lì , zhǐ yào zǔ zhī hé zhǐ huī dé dàng , néng shǐ rì běn jūn duì yī tiān máng lù èr shí sì xiǎo shí , shǐ zhī pí yú bēn mìng .
      The Chinese peasants have very great latent power; properly organized and directed, they can keep the Japanese army busy twenty-four hours a day and worry it to death.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    中国农民有很大的潜伏力,只要组织和指挥得当,能使日本军队一天忙碌二十四小时,使之疲于奔命。
    中國農民有很大的潛伏力,只要組織和指揮得當,能使日本軍隊一天忙碌二十四小時,使之疲於奔命。
    zhōng guó nóng mín yǒu hěn dà de qián fú lì , zhǐ yào zǔ zhī hé zhǐ huī dé dàng , néng shǐ rì běn jūn duì yī tiān máng lù èr shí sì xiǎo shí , shǐ zhī pí yú bēn mìng .
    • The Chinese peasants have very great latent power; properly organized and directed, they can keep the Japanese army busy twenty-four hours a day and worry it to death.