What does 束手无策 mean in Chinese?
束手无策 (shùshǒu-wúcè) means lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless i….
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
束手无策
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless i…
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
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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The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
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How do you pronounce 束手无策?
束手无策 is pronounced shùshǒu-wúcè.
Is 束手无策 an HSK word?
束手无策 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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