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措手不及
cuò shǒu bù jí
What 措手不及 means
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
The characters in 措手不及
- 措cuòto handle; to manage; to put in order
- 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 及jíand; to reach; up to
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