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措手不及 (cou3 sau2 bat1 kap6) — unprepared; caught by suprise; caught off guard; ill-prepared; unable to cope with due to suddeness in Cantonese

cou˗₃措sauˊ²手batˉ¹不kapˍ₆及
Mandarin Pinyin: cuo4 shou3 bu4 ji2

Meaning of 措手不及

noununprepared; caught by suprise; caught off guard; ill-prepared; unable to cope with due to suddeness

Characters in 措手不及

措cou3
arrange; manage; handle
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
不bat1
not; no; un-
及kap6
catch up with; overtake; match

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