| 丈二和尚，摸不着头脑 |
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo |
lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss |
| 丈 |
zhàng |
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 和 |
hé |
old variant of 和 |
| 和 |
Hé |
surname He |
| 和 |
hé |
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese |
| 和 |
hè |
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others |
| 和 |
hú |
to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards |
| 和 |
huó |
to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] |
| 和 |
huò |
to mix (ingredients) together / to blend / classifier for rinses of clothes / classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs |
| 和 |
hé |
(literary) harmonious (variant of 和) |
| 和尚 |
hé shang |
Buddhist monk |
| 尚 |
Shàng |
surname Shang |
| 尚 |
shàng |
still / yet / to value / to esteem |
| 摸 |
mō |
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract |
| 摸 |
mó |
variant of 摹 |
| 摸不着 |
mō bu zháo |
can't touch; can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of |
| 摸不着头脑 |
mō bu zháo tóu nǎo |
to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不着 |
bù zháo |
no need / need not |
| 着 |
zhāo |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 着 |
zháo |
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in |
| 着 |
zhe |
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 着 |
zhuó |
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 头脑 |
tóu nǎo |
brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss |
| 脑 |
nǎo |
brain / mind / head / essence |