- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
- embarrassed and at a complete loss
Characters
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 知 (知): to know; to be aware
- 所 (所): actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 措 (措): to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
Resources
- Wiktionary: 不知所措
- MDBG: 不知所措
- Examples with 不知所措 on Tatoeba
Examples
我不知所措。
他对意料外的结果茫然不知所措。
湯姆不知所措。