案牍劳烦àn dú láo fán

be burdened with official duties;devote all one’s energies to official documents and government papers
❍ 如今上了年纪，且～，于这怡情悦性的文章更生疏了。(《红楼梦》188)❶Now that I’m old and burdened with official duties I’ve quite lost the light touch required for belles-lettres.
❷And now that I am older and have to devote all my energies to official documents and goverment papers,I am even more out of touch with this sort of thing than I was then; …

案牍劳烦àndú-láofán

见“案牍劳形”。《红楼梦》18回：“我自幼于花鸟山水题咏上就平平，如今上了年纪，且～，于这怡情悦性文章上更生疏了。”