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束手
shùshǒu
1.
to have one's hands tied
2.
helpless
3.
unable to do anything about it
Common • Top 11%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (5)
束手就擒
shùshǒujiùqín
hands tied and waiting to be captured
束手就毙
shùshǒujiùbì
hands tied and expecting the worst
束手待毙
shùshǒudàibì
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
束手待死
shùshǒudàisǐ
hands tied and expecting the worst
束手无策
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 9,233 of 84,292