束手无策
Traditional: 束手無策Dictionary entry
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
What does 束手无策 mean?
束手无策 (shù shǒu wú cè) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
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