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六神无主

liù shén wú zhǔ · literally “six spirits without a master”

Meaning

Panicked and unable to think clearly; so flustered that one cannot decide what to do.

In a sentence

When the alarm rang, he was 六神无主 and forgot the exit route.

Usage note

A state of agitation, stronger than ordinary nervousness.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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