抓瞎
zhuā xiā
Pinyin

Definition

抓瞎
 - 
zhuā xiā
  1. to be caught unprepared

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhuā
  1. 1 to grab
  2. 2 to catch
  3. 3 to arrest
  4. 4 to snatch
  5. 5 to scratch
zhuā zhù
  1. 1 to grab
  2. 2 to capture
zhuā kuáng
  1. 1 to blow one's top
  2. 2 to be driven mad
  3. 3 to become frantic
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
zhuā huò
  1. 1 to arrest

Idioms (7)

抓耳挠腮
zhuā ěr náo sāi
  1. 1 to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
眼瞎耳聋
yǎn xiā ěr lóng
  1. 1 to be deaf and blind (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
  1. 1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk drivel
瞎子摸象
xiā zi mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees