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摸不着头脑
摸不着头脑
摸不着头脑
摸不着头脑
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摸不着头脑
摸不着头脑

mō摸bu不zháo着tóu头nǎo脑

Cannot make head or tail of something; to be completely at a loss or baffled.

这个问题太复杂了,我听了半天也摸不着头脑。
This problem is too complicated; I listened for a long time and still couldn't make head or tail of it.

Era:

Early Modern

Frequency:

Synonym:

摸头不着、糊里糊涂

Antonym:

一目了然、了如指掌

Story:

Jia Baoyu was strictly supervised by his father Jia Zheng to study. However, he had no interest in reading at all. When he opened the 'Ancient Music Bureau Poems' and read Cao Cao's line, 'Let's drink and sing, for life is but short,' he was immediately filled with emotion. He then put down one book and picked up another, flipping through them back and forth without taking anything seriously. Xiren was baffled for a moment and just stood there staring at him blankly. Eventually, she simply let him go out to play.

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