束手待毙

Traditional: 束手待斃

shù shǒu dài bì

Dictionary entry

to wait helplessly for death (idiom)

What does 束手待毙 mean?

束手待毙 (shù shǒu dài bì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to wait helplessly for death (idiom)

2to resign oneself to extinction

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束Shùsurname Shu 手shǒuhand · (formal) to hold 待dāito stay; to remain 毙bìto die · to shoot dead

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束手待毙

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