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Definition(s) for: 措手不及

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí - no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 14,639 20,118 19,588

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cuò- to handle
- to manage
- to put in order
- to arrange
- to administer
- to execute
- to take action on
- to plan
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- and
- to reach
- up to
- in time for

Other Words Containing 措手不及

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
措手不及 - 8 14,639 20,118 19,588