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措手不及
cuò​shǒu​bù​jí HSK7

to be caught unprepared

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 措手 cuò​shǒu
    to deal with
    to deal with; to manage; to handle a situation
  2. 不及 bù​jí verb
    too late
    To have insufficient time to do something or to be unable to catch up.