措手不及
cuò​shǒu​bù​jí HSK7

to be caught unprepared

  • created sense approved 措手不及 · cuò​shǒu​bù​jí · to be caught unprepared — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    措手不及

    cuò​shǒu​bù​jí

    to be caught unprepared

    (idiom) to be caught unawares or have no time to react when something happens unexpectedly

    措手 (literal) → 措手 · cuò​shǒu · to deal with 不及 (literal) → 不及 · bù​jí · too late

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense