六神无主

liù shén wú zhǔ

panicked; at a complete loss

Character by character

六liù
six

神shén
spirits

无wú
without

主zhǔ
master

孩子找不到了，妈妈急得六神无主。

With her child missing, the mother was beside herself.

Tone: neutral.

Daoists believed six gods ruled the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen and gall bladder.

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