shù shǒu wú cè

Traditional: 束手無策

束手无策 (shù shǒu wú cè) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

Characters in 束手无策

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