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束手待毙
束手待斃
shùshǒudàibì
1. to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
2. to resign oneself to extinction

Character Breakdown

束
shù
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
HSK 3 7 丶
手
shǒu
hand
HSK 2 4 丶
待
dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
HSK 5 9 丶
毙
bì
to kill; to die a violent death
10 丶

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