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束手无策 (束手無策)
  • [shùshǒuwúcè]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

束手无策 [shùshǒuwúcè]
  1. 1. be at one’s wits end
    他什么都试过了,最后还是束手无策
    He'd tried everything, and in the end he was at his wits end.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

束手无策 [shùshǒuwúcè]
  1. 1. Nail-biting; to be at one's wits' end.
    他不是一个遇到困难就束手无策的人。
    He is not a man without resources when running into trouble.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

束手无策 [shùshǒuwúcè]
  1. 1. 像被捆住了双手,毫无办法。

Examples

他光会耍笔杆,碰到实际问题就束手无策
He knows only how to wield a pen and is helpless in the face of practical problems.
他什么都试过了,最后还是束手无策
He'd tried everything, and in the end he was at his wits end.
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In trying to calm her down, but he felt completely out of his depth.
他设法让她平静下来,但却倍感束手无策
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me.
看到目前的一大堆任务,我顿时束手无策

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