张皇失措

zhānghuángshīcuò

To be too flustered to know what to do.

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张皇失措

zhāng huáng shī cuò

be in a flurry of alarm; be all in a fluster (flutter); be at a loss what to do; be disconcerted; be frightened out of one's wits; be in a nonplus; be in confusion; be nonplused by the question; be scared out of one's wits (senses); be seized with (a) panic; be so confounded as not to know what to do or say; be so flustered as to be at a loss for words or action; become confused; fall into a flutter; get into a panic; lose one's head; lose one's mental control; nervous; panic-stricken; startled and did not know what to do:

我们的奇袭使敌人张皇失措。 Our surprise attack put the enemy into a flutter.

在失败面前， 不能张皇失措。 It is no good being shattered by failure.

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張皇失措|张皇失措 [zhāng huáng shī cuò] ► panic-stricken (idiom) ► to be in a flustered state ► also written 張惶失措|张惶失措 [zhāng huáng shī cuò]