措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí — no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
cuò (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) jí (second tone, rising)cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardexpression
Meanings
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
expression
Character breakdown
Words containing 手
- 手shǒu (third tone, dipping)hand
- 选手選手xuǎn (third tone, dipping) shǒu (third tone, dipping)athlete
- 手术手術shǒu (third tone, dipping) shù (fourth tone, falling)(surgical) operation
- 手机手機shǒujī (third tone, dipping)mobile phone
- 对手對手duì (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping)opponent
- 手里手裡shǒu (third tone, dipping) lǐ (third tone, dipping)in hand
- 手段shǒu (third tone, dipping) duàn (fourth tone, falling)method
- 分手fēn (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to split up
- 手表手錶shǒubiǎo (third tone, dipping)wristwatch
- 歌手gē (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)singer
- 手指shǒu (third tone, dipping) zhǐ (third tone, dipping)finger
- 动手動手dòng (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to set about (a task)
- 洗手间洗手間xǐshǒujiān (third tone, dipping)toilet, washroom, restroom
- 双手雙手shuāng (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)both hands
- 杀手殺手shā (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)killer
- 高手gāo (first tone, high and level) shǒu (third tone, dipping)expert
- 放手fàng (fourth tone, falling) shǒu (third tone, dipping)to let go one's hold
- 手法shǒu (third tone, dipping) fǎ (third tone, dipping)technique
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)