Correct
找不着北
/ zhǎo bu zháo běi /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
完全找不着北
2
被搞得找不着北
3
弄得……找不着北
4
让人找不着北
5
感到/觉得找不着北
6
仍然找不着北
Definition
找不着北:
Literally means:
be unable to find north; be at loss
Actually means:
北, north, is the main direction to identify the position.
This phrase means being unable to recognize directions. It also figuratively means one feels conelated that he forgets his own situation.
北，北方，是确定方位的主要方向。
找不着北，指辨认不出方向。也比喻对事情不明白，不清楚，或一时得意或兴奋而搞不清自己真实处境。
Example
Used as predicate, object or complement. (作谓语、宾语、补语)
1
Zhège
这个
xīngqī
星期
de
的
kèchéng
课程
ānpái
安排
biàn
变
le
了
hǎojǐ
好几
cì
次
,
xuésheng
学生
wánquán
完全
zhǎo
找
bu
不
zháo
着
běi
北
,
shàngkè
上课
líng
铃
xiǎng
响
le
了
hái
还
zhǎo
找
bu
不
dào
到
jiàoshì
教室
。
This week's curriculum has changed several times, students can not find the north, the bell rang can not find the classroom.
2
Zhège
这个
dìfāng
地方
tā
他
dìyī
第一
cì
次
lái
来
,
kàn
看
le
了
dìtú
地图
,
yòu
又
wèn
问
le
了
rénjiā
人家
,
háishi
还是
zhǎo
找
bu
不
zháo
着
běi
北
。
This place he came for the first time, looked at the map, and asked people, or can not find the north.
3
Jīntiān
今天
tā
他
qù
去
jiàn
见
nǚpéngyou
女朋友
de
的
fùmǔ
父母
,
rénjiā
人家
suíbiàn
随便
kuā
夸
jī
几
gōu
句
tā
他
jiù
就
bèi
被
kuā
夸
de
得
zhǎo
找
bu
不
zháo
着
běi
北
le
了
,
rèndìng
认定
rénjiā
人家
kěndìng
肯定
bǎ
把
nǚér
女儿
jià
嫁
gěi
给
tā
他
。
Today, he went to see his girlfriend's parents, people casually boasted that he was boasting about not being north, and decided that people must have married his daughter to him.