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at a loss

Time: 2022-01-31 05:33:58 Author: ChinaWiki.net

at a loss

The Chinese idiom, sh ǒ Uji ǎ ow ú Cu ò, means to describe a flustered, or unable to cope with, with "at a loss". It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 48 of Jinpingmei Cihua: "Hu Shiwen, the Fu Yin, was at a loss when he saw his boss's approval."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, adverbial and attributive.

Examples

In the first chapter of vinegar gourd written by the Ming Dynasty's vogue female cult leader: "I'm in a panic. Although I don't speak in my mouth, I'm anxious in my heart."

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