HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

措手不及

cuòshǒu-bùjí

no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared

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Meaning of 措手不及 in English

cuòshǒu-bùjíHSK 7–9Syllabus #6106
  1. no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared

Characters

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HSK words with 措

措施HSK 5筹措HSK 7–9举措HSK 7–9不知所措HSK 7–9惊慌失措HSK 7–9
手 on its own →
shǒu · hand

HSK words with 手

手机HSK 1手HSK 2手表HSK 2洗手间HSK 2歌手HSK 4动手HSK 5对手HSK 5二手HSK 5分手HSK 5手段HSK 5
不 on its own →
bù · no; not so

HSK words with 不

不HSK 1不要HSK 1不客气HSK 1对不起HSK 1不错HSK 2不好意思HSK 2不但HSK 3不见HSK 3不用HSK 3不同HSK 3

HSK words with 及

及时HSK 4来不及HSK 4来得及HSK 4及HSK 5及格HSK 5普及HSK 5以及HSK 5涉及HSK 6波及HSK 7–9不及HSK 7–9

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