束手無策

shù shǒu wú cè

B2 Level 6

Definition

  1. 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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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).