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措手不及
Mandarin · pinyin cuò shǒu bù jí
Meanings
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
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4–3–4–2 · cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cou3 sau2 bat1 kap6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be caught unawares
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