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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 束手無策 (“to have one's hands bound and have no solution; to be at a loss”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | soksumuchaek |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sogsumuchaeg |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | soksumuch'aek |
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| Yale Romanization? | sok.swumu.chayk |
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Noun
속수무책 • (soksumuchaek) (hanja 束手無策)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty
여자친구가 흐느끼기 시작하자 남자는 속수무책으로 서 있기만 했다.- Yeojachin'gu-ga heuneukkigi sijak-haja namja-neun soksumuchaeg-euro seo itgi-man haetda.
- When his girlfriend started to weep, the man only stood there helplessly.