束手待斃

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See also: 束手待毙

Chinese

to be helpless; to have one's hands tied to await death; to be a sitting duck
trad. (束手待斃) 束手 待斃
simp. (束手待毙) 束手 待毙

Pronunciation


Idiom

束手待斃

  1. to fold one's hands and helplessly await death; to give oneself up for dead