lose presence of mind

lose presence of mind

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī nhu ā ngli á olu à n, which means being flustered and confused. From the outlaws of the marsh.

The origin of Idioms

Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty wrote the sixty ninth chapter of the outlaws of the Marsh: "but I just went up the Hu ladder, stepped on the empty space, and fell for some children, so I was flustered."

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used in dealing with affairs

Examples

He was thinking about the past and the present in a confused way. The first chapter of Du Pengcheng's defending Yan'an

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: flustered