要秃了

要禿了

yàotūle

phrase

Meanings

1 about to go bald (from stress)
2 I'm losing my hair (humorous complaint)

Characters

change of state particle

Examples

这个 bug 查了三天，我要秃了。

Zhège bug chále sān tiān, wǒ yào tū le.

I've been hunting this bug for three days, I'm going bald.

写毕业论文真的要秃了。

Xiě bìyè lùnwén zhēn de yào tū le.

Writing my thesis is making me lose hair.

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A standard programmer, grad-student, or overworker complaint on the Chinese internet. The joke plays on the stereotype of stressed 程序员 having thinning hair. Often shortened to 秃头警告.

Stroke Order

要 yào

秃 tū

了 le