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Here, we present the idiom 「張皇失措」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Zhanghuang: panic; shiju: behave in a way that loses normal state. I was so panicked that I didn’t know what to do.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhāng huáng shī cuò

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeung1 wong4 sat1 chou3

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