Entry
  1. (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered

    trad. 手忙腳亂

Also written 手忙腳亂【shǒu máng jiǎo luàn】

Characters in this word

4
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pinyin
shǒu
Strokes
4
Frequency
490 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

in confusion or disorder, in a confused state of mind, disorder, upheaval, riot, illicit sexual relations, to throw into disorder, to mix up, indiscriminate, random, arbitrary

Pinyin
luàn
Traditional
Strokes
7
Frequency
2618 of 2500