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摸不着头脑

mō bu zháo tóu nǎo

5-character word Traditional 摸不著頭腦

What 摸不着头脑 means

1. to be unable to make any sense of the matter
2. to be at a loss

The characters in 摸不着头脑

• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head

Words containing 摸不着头脑

• 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎolit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom); fig. at a total loss
• 丈二金刚摸不着头脑zhàng èr Jīn gāng mō bu zháo tóu nǎosee 丈二和尚，丈二和尚，摸不着头脑