- 手足无措
- shǒuzúwúcuòBe at a loss; have no idea what to do with one's hands and feet ( 措: put); used to describe the state of being in bewildered mood.* * *lose one's head* * *lose one's head* * *shou3 zu2 wu2 cuo4at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered* * *手足无措shǒu zú wú cuòhave no idea (not to know) what to do with one's hands and feet; at a loss what to do; be bewildered; confused; discomposed; disconcerted; feel completely at a loss; in discomfiture; perplexed* * *手足無措|手足无措 [shǒu zú wú cuò] ► at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.