4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 546

Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「手忙腳亂」, explained here.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「手忙腳亂」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

Describes the state of being panic-stricken and not knowing what to do when encountering something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shǒu máng jiǎo luàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sau2 mong4 geuk3 lyun6

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