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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 束手无策
[shùshǒuwúcè]
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1.
像被捆住了双手,毫无办法。
Examples
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他光会耍笔杆,碰到实际问题就束手无策。
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He knows only how to wield a pen and is helpless in the face of practical problems.
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他什么都试过了,最后还是束手无策。
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He'd tried everything, and in the end he was at his wits end.
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束手无策
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束手无策。
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In trying to calm her down, but he felt completely out of his depth.
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他设法让她平静下来,但却倍感束手无策。
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My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me.
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看到目前的一大堆任务,我顿时束手无策。
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Word Decomposition
束
[shù]
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手
[shǒu]
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无
[wú]
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策
[cè]
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