茫然若失
máng​rán​ruò​shī

absent-minded

  • created sense approved 茫然若失 · máng​rán​ruò​shī · absent-minded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茫然若失

    máng​rán​ruò​shī

    absent-minded

    to feel lost or dazed as if one has lost something; to be in a daze or a state of reverie

    茫然 (literal) → 茫然 · máng​rán · at a loss 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · to lose

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

    created sense