措手不及
Traditional form:
措手不及
Pinyin (reading):
cuòshǒubùjí
Definitions:
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
Characters:
- 措 - to arrange; to execute on; to manage
- 手 - hand
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
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