摸不著頭腦

to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss

to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

variant of 摹[mo2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

can't touch / can't reach / (fig.) unable to get a grasp of

no need / need not

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

aspect particle indicating action in progress

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss

brain / mind / head / essence

see 丈二和尚，摸不著頭腦|丈二和尚，摸不着头脑[zhang4 er4 he2 shang5 , mo1 bu5 zhao2 tou2 nao3]

lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom) / fig. at a total loss