茫然失措 — Chinese idiom
茫然失措
máng rán shī cuò
Meaning
- at a loss
Character by character
- 茫mángvague, boundless; vast, widespread
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
- 措cuòto arrange; to execute on; to manage
Idioms sharing a character
- 暮色苍茫 mù sè cāng máng
- 苦海茫茫 kǔ hǎi máng máng
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
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