措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí

cuò shǒu bù jí set phrase no time to deal with it; caught unprepared
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '措手不及')

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  • 兵措手不及 (兵措手不及) 魏兵措手不及 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第一百回 Chapter 100 — count: 4
  • 两个措手不及 (兩個措手不及) 那兄弟兩個措手不及 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十九回 Chapter 49 — count: 2