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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 不知所措
[bùzhīsuǒcuò]
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1.
be at a loss
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 不知所措
[bùzhīsuǒcuò]
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1.
不知道手脚如何放置才好(措:放置)。形容着急或发窘。
Examples
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茫然不知所措
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be at a complete loss what to do
→ 不知所措
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事情来得这么突兀,使他简直不知所措。
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It all happened so suddenly he didn't know what to do.
→ 突兀
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听到皇帝的诏令以后, 他感到惶惶然不知所措。
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Hearing the order of the Emperor, he felt panic and didn't know what to do.
→ 惶惶然
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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。
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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
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听说自己被公司辞退了, 他爽然不知所措。
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Hearing that he was fired by the company, he was totally at a loss.
→ 爽然
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遇到这种麻烦事,他心慌意乱,不知所措。
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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
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不知所措
→ 措
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如堕云雾(比喻迷惑不解,不知所措)
→ 堕
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惶急不知所措。
→ 惶急
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听到这个不幸的消息,他爽然不知所措。
→ 爽然
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Word Decomposition
不
[bù]
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知
[zhī]
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所
[suǒ]
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措
[cuò]
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