不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò
Pinyin

Definition

不知所措
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bù zhī suǒ cuò
  1. not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. embarrassed and at a complete loss

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班，晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候，女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。
gétiān tā tuō zhe píbèi de shēnqū qù shàngbān ，wǎnshang shèng tā yīgē rén zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，nǚháiēr yòu lái le 。QínYǔ xiǎnde yǒudiǎn bùzhīsuǒcuò 。
The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.
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我好像就是后者，很享受一个人的时光，但一进入人群就不知所措。
wǒ hǎoxiàng jiùshì hǒuzhě ，hěn xiǎngshòu yī ge rén de shíguāng ，dàn yī jìnrù rénqún jiù bùzhīsuǒcuò 。
I'm seemingly the latter. I really like my own time, but as soon as I get into a crowd I don't know what to do.
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我走到她的身后，问她：“同学，你怎么了？”“我的男朋友抛弃了我。”我说：“不管怎样，你一个女孩子在这里不安全，我送你回寝室吧。”“不，戴伟，你不要离开我!”她转过身，一下子扑到了我的怀里。她怎么知道我的名字？！我一下子不知所措。她慢慢地抬起了头。是的，在那么近的距离可以清楚地看到她的脸。可是，等她抬起了头，我看到的，还是那头发！那麻花辫！
wǒ zǒudào tā de shēnhòu ，wèn tā ：“tóngxué ，nǐ zěnmele ？”“wǒ de nán péngyou pāoqì le wǒ 。”wǒ shuō ：“bùguǎn zěnyàng ，nǐ yī ge nǚháizi zài zhèlǐ bù ānquán ，wǒ sòng nǐ huí qǐnshì ba 。”“bù ，Dài Wěi ，nǐ bù yào líkāi wǒ !”tā zhuǎn guò shēn ，yīxiàzi pū dào le wǒ de huái lǐ 。tā zěnme zhīdào wǒ de míngzi ？！wǒ yīxiàzi bùzhīsuǒcuò 。tā mànmàn de tái qǐ le tóu 。shì de ，zài nàme jìn de jùlí kěyǐ qīngchǔ de kàn dào tā de liǎn 。kěshì ，děng tā tái qǐ le tóu ，wǒ kàndào de ，háishì nà tóufa ！nà máhuābiàn ！
I went by her side and asked her, “Excuse me, are you alright?” “My boyfriend abandoned me,” she said. I told her, “No matter what happened, it's still unsafe for you to be out here alone like this. Let me take you back to your dorm.” “No. Dai Wei, don't leave me!” She turned around and fell into my arms. How did she know my name?! In a moment I was completely at a loss. She slowly raised her head. At such a close distance I would finally be able to get a good look at her face. However, once she looked up, I saw it. It was hair! It was all that single braid!
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