手足无措
shǒu​zú​wú​cuò

at a loss

  • created reference approved 手足无措/手足無措 → 手脚无措/手腳無措 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手足无措 / 手足無措 shǒu​zú​wú​cuò

    手脚无措 / 手腳無措 shǒu​jiǎo​wú​cuò

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 手足无措/手足無措 · shǒu​zú​wú​cuò · at a loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    手足无措 / 手足無措

    shǒu​zú​wú​cuò

    at a loss

    at a loss as to what to do; bewildered; panicked and not knowing how to handle a situation. Literally translates to having nowhere to put one's hands and feet. Also written as [[手脚无措|手腳無措|shou3 jiao3 wu2 cuo4]].

    手足 (literal) → 手足 · shǒu​zú · hands and feet 无措 (literal) → 无措/無措 · wú​cuò · helpless

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