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束手无策

shù shǒu wú cè
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Uncommon

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Definitions

  1. 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

Child Words of 束手无策

手
shǒu

hand

束
shù

to bind

无
wú

not to have

束手
shù shǒu

to have one's hands tied

策
cè

policy