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手足無措

简 手足无措 · 繁 手足無措
Mandarin · pinyin shǒu zú wú cuò

Meanings

  1. at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
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Characters in this entry

手
shǒu · hand
足
zú · foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156
無
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措
cuò · place; collect, arrange; employ
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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3–2–2–4 · shou3 zu2 wu2 cuo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau2 zuk1 mou4 cou3

Cantonese word readings for 手足無措. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sau2 zuk1 mou4 cou3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be at a loss for what to do

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