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惘然若失

wǎng rán ruò shī

4-character word

What 惘然若失 means

1. lit. to be frustrated as though having lost sth (idiom)
2. fig. to be at a loss
3. perplexed
4. frustrated

The characters in 惘然若失

• 惘wǎngdisappointed; perplexed
• 然ráncorrect; right; so
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail

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