摸不着头脑 (摸不著頭腦) mōbùzháo tóunǎo
mōbùzháo tóunǎo
phrase
to be unable to make any sense of the matter; to be at a loss
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '摸不著頭腦')
Contained in
- 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑(丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦) like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head; at a total loss
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第六回 Chapter 6 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 93 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 96 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 43 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 81 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 摸不着头脑儿 (摸不著頭腦兒) 賈芹摸不著頭腦兒 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 93 — count: 2