束手无策 Chinese English dictionary 束手无策 translate 束手无策 pinyin

束手无策

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
束手无策 shùshǒuwúcè	束手无策 \| 束手无策* \| *束手无策	lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis	束手無策

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
束	束 \| 束* \| *束	7画木 + 3	shù	bind, control, restrain; bale	cuk1	5090.6 DL


手	手 \| 手* \| *手	4画手扌 + 0	shǒu	hand	sau2	2050.0 Q


无	无 \| 无* \| *无	4画无 + 0	wú, mó	negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71	mou4	無 1041.0 MKU


策	策 \| 策* \| *策	12画竹 + 6	cè	scheme, plan; to whip; urge	caak3	8890.2 HDB

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Simplified		English Definition
束手无策 shùshǒuwúcè	束手无策 \| 束手无策* \| *束手无策	lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis


束 Shù	束 \| 束* \| *束	surname Shu


束 shù	束 \| 束* \| *束	to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control


束手 shùshǒu	束手 \| 束手* \| *束手	to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it


手　shǒu	手 \| 手* \| *手	hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL: 雙｜双, 隻｜只


无　　mó	无 \| 无* \| *无	used in 南無｜南无


无　　wú	无 \| 无* \| *无	not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less


策　　　Cè	策 \| 策* \| *策	surname Ce


策　　　cè	策 \| 策* \| *策	policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy


策　　　cè	策 \| 策* \| *策	variant of 策


策　　　cè	策 \| 策* \| *策	variant of 策