當我聽到這個消息時, 我束手無策。

I was at my wit's end when I heard the news.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 當 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at
=1 當 dàng
  1. at or in the very same...
  2. suitable
  3. adequate
  4. fitting
  5. proper
  6. to replace
  7. to regard as
  8. to think
  9. to pawn
  10. (coll.) to fail (a student)
2 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
3 聽到 tīngdào to hear
4 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
5 消息 xiāoxi
  1. (piece of) news; information
  2. message

classifier: 條
=6 時 Shí surname Shi
=6 時 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
7 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
8 束手無策 shùshǒuwúcè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis