shù shǒu dài bì

Traditional: 束手待斃

束手待毙 (shù shǒu dài bì) is a Chinese word meaning “to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. 2to resign oneself to extinction

Characters in 束手待毙

束shù · to bind手shǒu · hand待dāi · to stay; to remain毙bì · to die

Related words

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