手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
shǒu máng jiǎo luàn
Pinyin

Definition

手忙脚乱 (手忙腳亂)
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shǒu máng jiǎo luàn
  1. to act with confusion
  2. to be in a flurry
  3. to be flustered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分手
fēn shǒu
  1. 1 to part company
  2. 2 to split up
  3. 3 to break up
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
  1. 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
帮忙
bāng máng
  1. 1 to help
  2. 2 to lend a hand
  3. 3 to do a favor
  4. 4 to do a good turn
忙
máng
  1. 1 busy
  2. 2 hurriedly
  3. 3 to hurry
  4. 4 to rush
忙碌
máng lù
  1. 1 busy
  2. 2 bustling

Idioms (20)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不慌不忙
bù huāng bù máng
  1. 1 calm and unhurried (idiom); composed
  2. 2 to take matters calmly

Sample Sentences

你懂什么？当然得提前准备。我们又没什么经验，到时候手忙脚乱的，肯定弄不好。
nǐ dǒng shénme ？dāngrán děi tíqián zhǔnbèi 。wǒmen yòu méi shénme jīngyàn ，dào shíhou shǒumángjiǎoluàn de ，kěndìng nòngbuhǎo 。
What do you know? Of course I have to get ready ahead of time. We don't have any experience at this. If we're running around willy-nilly, we're sure to screw things up.
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