驚慌失措
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English
- to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
- frightened out of one's wits; panic-stricken
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為太驚而失晒分寸、行為舉止異常;驚過龍唔知點算
Examples
昨天晚上,我惊慌失措。
Last night, I fell into a panic.
Tatoeba · CLARET CC BY
你做咩咁驚惶失措?
Why are you so panic?
個賊見到警察即刻驚惶失措,呆咗唔郁。
The thief is panic when he sees the police. So he did not run away.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk