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束手待毙

shù shǒu dài bì

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 束手待毙

待
dāi

to stay

待
dài

to wait

手
shǒu

hand

束
shù

to bind

待毙
dài bì

to await death

束手
shù shǒu

to have one's hands tied