- lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
Characters
- 束 (束): surname Shu
- 手 (手): hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 无 (無): not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 策 (策): surname Ce
Resources
- Wiktionary: 束手无策
- MDBG: 束手无策
- Examples with 束手无策 on Tatoeba
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