手足无措

shǒu zú wú cuò

at a loss/don't know what to do

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ENat a loss/don't know what to do
不知道该怎么办
途方に暮れる
어찌할 바를 모르다

Example Sentences

第一次约会紧张得手足无措

Dì yī cì yuēhuì jǐnzhāng de shǒu zú wú cuò.

So nervous on the first date I didn't know what to do.

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What does 手足无措 mean in Chinese?+

手足无措 (shǒu zú wú cuò) means "at a loss/don't know what to do" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 手足无措?+

手足无措 is pronounced "shǒu zú wú cuò" in standard Mandarin Chinese.

What HSK level is 手足无措?+

手足无措 is an HSK 5 vocabulary word.

What characters make up 手足无措?+

手足无措 is composed of the characters: 手, 足, 无, 措.

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