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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

不知所措 [bùzhīsuǒcuò]
  1. 1. be at a loss

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

不知所措 [bùzhīsuǒcuò]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] be at a loss; be at one's wits' end
    茫然不知所措
    be at a complete loss what to do

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

不知所措 [bùzhīsuǒcuò]
  1. 1. 不知道手脚如何放置才好(措:放置)。形容着急或发窘。

Examples

茫然不知所措
be at a complete loss what to do 不知所措
事情来得这么突兀,使他简直不知所措
It all happened so suddenly he didn't know what to do. 突兀
听到皇帝的诏令以后, 他感到惶惶然不知所措
Hearing the order of the Emperor, he felt panic and didn't know what to do. 惶惶然
听说要交一万元的学费才能被这学校录取, 农村来的考生们都楞乎乎地不知所措
Hearing that they won't be accepted by the school unless they pay 10000 yuan, the examinees from the country were all bemused and didn't know what to do. 愣乎乎
听说自己被公司辞退了, 他爽然不知所措
Hearing that he was fired by the company, he was totally at a loss. 爽然
遇到这种麻烦事,他心慌意乱,不知所措
When he comes up against this kind of problem, he gets nervous and flustered and doesn't know what to do. 心慌意乱
不知所措
如堕云雾(比喻迷惑不解,不知所措)
惶急不知所措 惶急
听到这个不幸的消息,他爽然不知所措 爽然

Word Decomposition


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