束手無策 — shu4 shou3 wu2 ce4 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

shu⁴ shou³ wu² ce⁴

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

Usage•••frequent

Pronunciations

束

手

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As word

1

shu⁴

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

2

shou³

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

3

wu²

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

4

ce⁴

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis