wú​suǒ​cuò​shǒu​zú

at a loss

  • created sense approved 无所措手足/無所措手足 · wú​suǒ​cuò​shǒu​zú · at a loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无所措手足 / 無所措手足

    wú​suǒ​cuò​shǒu​zú

    at a loss

    to be at a loss as to what to do; describes being so bewildered or anxious that one does not even know where to put one's hands and feet

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 所 (literal) → 所 · suǒ · [relative] 措 (literal) → 措 · cuò · to place 手足 (literal) → 手足 · shǒu​zú · hands and feet

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

    created sense