措手不及

cuò shǒu bù jí
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 措手不及

不
bù

no; not so

及
jí

and

手
shǒu

hand

不及
bù jí

to fall short of

措
cuò

to handle

措手
cuò shǒu

to deal with