Definition
没头没脑 is a four-character idiom that literally means 'without head and without brain'. It describes something that happens abruptly and without any clear reason or logic, or a person who is completely baffled and cannot figure things out. Use it as an adverb phrase before verbs to show that an action is groundless or sudden, or after 得 as a complement to describe a confused state.
f.e.
abruptlywithout rhyme or reason (describing an action)completely at a lossbaffled (describing a state of mind)
Examples
- 没头没脑。Tā méi de mà le wǒ yí jù jiù zǒu le.He cursed me without any reason and left.
- 没头没脑，。Wǒ bèi zhège wèntí wèn de méi, bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá.This question left me completely at a loss; I didn't know how to answer.
- 没头没脑，。Zhè jiàn shì fāshēng de méi, shuí yě méi xiǎng dào.This thing happened out of nowhere; no one expected it.
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