措手不及
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- (idiom) no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
Example Sentences
突然的变化让我们措手不及。
Tūrán de biànhuà ràng wǒmen cuòshǒubùjí
The sudden change caught us unprepared
Related Words
一寸光阴一寸金(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→一日之计在于晨(yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén)— make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
→一朝一夕(yī zhāo yī xī)— lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
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