be extremely puzzled

be extremely puzzled

Confused, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à Hu à B à Ji à, meaning very confused, can't understand. From Chuang Tzu, heaven and earth.

Idiom explanation

Bewilderment: to understand.

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi, heaven and earth: "the confused will never understand, the foolish will never work."

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, object, attribute; used in questioning situations. Example Lu You and Zhao Du Da Qi of Song Dynasty: "Fu Nian was ignorant; he was puzzled; the crime should be condemned forever." His mother suspected that he was involved in the wrong, but she was puzzled that she had no other. Pu Songling's strange tales from a Lonely Studio: a puppet in Qing Dynasty.