lose one's bearings(mēng tóu zhuàn xiàng)

lose one's bearings

Mengtouzhuan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à NGT ó uzhu à nxi à ng, which means to describe a confused mind. It's from divine boxing.

Idiom explanation

Meng: confused, unconscious; turn: disoriented.

The origin of Idioms

Lao She's "magic fist" Act 1 Scene 2: "when I started, I was a little blindfolded."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Examples

At the same time, they also want to work out more problems to make he Zixue busy. Chapter 12 of AI Wu's "a hundred irons into steel"

Chinese PinYin : mēng tóu zhuàn xiàng