to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle

to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint

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

to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent

light beam

attire; clothing

surname Shu

to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control

free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries

(lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); (fig.) to surrender without a fight

bouquet

multibeam (e.g. laser)

to constrict; to draw tight; to gather (one's thoughts); to bring to a close; to pack (for a journey)

scattering of bundle (of electrons in vacuum tube); debunching

variant of 束脩[shu4 xiu1]

to tie up one's hair; (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)

to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it

narrow (of waterway); a bottleneck

gird; tighten

to bind one's breasts; breast binder

(literary) salary of a private tutor

girdle

corset; girdle

corset (clothing)

to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)

to bind oneself; submission

to regulate; to check and restrict

beam

to exercise control over; restriction; control

(chemistry) micelle

to cluster

restricted; constrained

straightjacket

cable tie

beam of electrons

beam of elementary particles

(of a contract) binding (law)

concluding remarks

vascular bundle (botany)

unrestricted

Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙

tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put sth on the back burner; no longer a high priority

hands tied and expecting the worst

hands tied and expecting the worst

to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction

(idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited

see 束手束腳|束手束脚[shu4 shou3 shu4 jiao3]

corset

to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting