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Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「舉止失措」—details below.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「舉止失措」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Cuo: to place, to put. My behavior is abnormal and I don’t know what to do.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jǔ zhǐ shī cuò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

geui2 ji2 sat1 chou3

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.