埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. to make an all-out effort
  3. up to the neck in work

CHARACTERS

埋 mái
HSK 6
bury, secrete, conceal
頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss
苦 kǔ
HSK 4
bitter; hardship, suffering
幹 gàn trunk of tree or of human body