摸头不着
mō​tóu​bù​zháo

to be at a loss

  • created sense approved 摸头不着/摸頭不著 · mō​tóu​bù​zháo · to be at a loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    摸头不着 / 摸頭不著

    mō​tóu​bù​zháo

    to be at a loss

    To be unable to make heads or tails of a situation; to be completely confused or at sea.

    摸 (literal) → 摸 · mō · to feel out 头 (bound) → 头/頭 · tou · [noun suffix] 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 着 (literal) → 着/著 · zháo · [result]

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

    created sense