束手无策
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
idiom
Traditional: 束手無策
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- (idiom) lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
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Related Words
束手(shù shǒu)— to have one's hands tied
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→做手(zuò shǒu)— to put one's hand to sth
→爱莫能助(ài mò néng zhù)— unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.
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