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束手待毙* * + +
束手无策* * + +

束 bind, control, restrain / bale
手 hand
无 negative, no, not / KangXi radical 71
策 scheme, plan / to whip / urge
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束手' + 束手* * + to have one's hands tied/ helpless unable to
束手就擒' + 束手就擒* * + hands tied and waiting to be captured/
束手就斃' + 束手就毙* * + hands tied and expecting the worst/
束手待斃' + 束手待毙* * + to wait helplessly for death (idiom)/ to resign oneself to extinction
束手待死' + 束手待死* * + hands tied and expecting the worst/
束手無策' + 束手无策* * + lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig./
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