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手足无措

shǒu zú wú cuò

4-character word Traditional 手足無措

What 手足无措 means

1. at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered

The characters in 手足无措

• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 措cuòto handle; to manage; to put in order

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