long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)

redundant position

superfluous troops

numerous; excessive; multitude

miscellaneous affairs

numerous; excessive; multitude

to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs

diverse and complicated (of one's affairs); prolix (of speech, writing etc)

variant of 煩冗|烦冗[fan2 rong3]

officials with light duties; supernumeraries