束手待死

shùshǒudàisǐ
hands tied and expecting the worst

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 束手 shùshǒu
  1. to have one's hands tied
  2. helpless
  3. unable to do anything about it
2 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
3 死 sǐ
  1. to die
  2. impassable
  3. uncrossable
  4. inflexible
  5. rigid
  6. extremely
  7. damned

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