lose one's bearings

lose one's bearings

Mengtouzhuan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à NGT ó uzhu à nxi à ng, which means to describe a confused mind. It's from divine boxing.

Idiom explanation

Meng: confused, unconscious; turn: disoriented.

The origin of Idioms

Lao She's "magic fist" Act 1 Scene 2: "when I started, I was a little blindfolded."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Examples

At the same time, they also want to work out more problems to make he Zixue busy. Chapter 12 of AI Wu's "a hundred irons into steel"