lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
trad. 束手無策
Also written 束手無策【shù shǒu wú cè】
Characters in this word
4束
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surname Shu
- Pinyin
- Shù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 32220 of 2500
手
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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]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
策
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surname Ce
- Pinyin
- Cè
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 27660 of 2500