束手无策

shù shǒu wú cè

HSK 7

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Meaning 释义

  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

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In real sentences 真实例句

当dāng我wǒ听到tīngdào这个zhège消息xiāoxi时shí， 我wǒ束手无策shùshǒuwúcè。

I was at my wit's end when I heard the news.

Tatoeba #785168

对于duìyú连续liánxù的de攻击gōngjī行动xíngdòng警方jǐngfāng一如往常yīrúwǎngcháng般bān地de束手无策shùshǒuwúcè。

The police were helpless against the continuous attacks.

Tatoeba #3763568

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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