束手

shùshǒu
  1. to have one's hands tied
  2. helpless
  3. unable to do anything about it

CEDICT

to be helpless; to have one's hands tied

Wiktionary

  1. 无计可施。
  2. 不再抵抗。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 束 shù
  1. to bind
  2. bunch
  3. bundle
  4. classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
  5. to control
2 手 shǒu
  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill

classifiers: 雙, 隻

Containing this entry

束手就擒 shùshǒujiùqín
  1. lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom)
  2. fig. to surrender without a fight
束手就毙 shùshǒujiùbì hands tied and expecting the worst
束手待毙 shùshǒudàibì
  1. to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. to resign oneself to extinction
束手待死 shùshǒudàisǐ hands tied and expecting the worst
束手束脚 shùshǒushùjiǎo (idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited
束手无策 shùshǒuwúcè lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
束手缚脚 shùshǒufùjiǎo see 束手束脚 shùshǒushùjiǎo

Related entries

无助 wúzhù
  1. helpless
  2. helplessness
  3. feeling useless
  4. no help
无措 wúcuò helpless
没治 méizhì
  1. hopeless
  2. helpless
  3. incurable
  4. fantastic
  5. out of this world
无援 wúyuán
  1. without support
  2. helpless
无奈 wúnài
  1. to have no alternative
  2. frustrated
  3. exasperated
  4. helpless
  5. (conjunction) but unfortunately
我无奈只得跟随着她。

I was compelled to follow her.

I couldn't help but follow her.

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