摸不着 (摸不著)
mō bu zháo
Pinyin

Definition

摸不着 (摸不著)
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mō bu zháo
  1. can't touch
  2. can't reach
  3. (fig.) unable to get a grasp of

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
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...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

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

所以说啊，这所谓时尚啊，真是让人丈二和尚摸不着头脑。
suǒyǐshuō ā ，zhè suǒwèi shíshàng ā ，zhēn shì ràngrén zhàngèrhéshang mō buzháo tóunǎo 。
So that's why I say, what we call fashion really leaves one at a loss.
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我最摸不着头脑的就是把几个意思不同的字合并。头发的“发”和发财的“发”居然一样！
wǒ zuì mō buzháo tóunǎo de jiùshì bǎ jǐ ge yìsi bùtóng de zì hébìng 。tóufa de “fā ”hé fācái de “fā ”jūrán yíyàng ！
The thing I can't wrap my head around are those characters that merge words with different meanings. The word for ''emit" from the compound that means ''hair" and the word for ''to expand" from the word for ''to get rich" are the same!
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