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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *束* | 束* | *束
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control
HSK 3
to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
HSK 7-9
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *束* | 束* | *束
surname Shu
lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight
(idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited
hands tied and expecting the worst
tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority
corset / girdle
girdle
hands tied and expecting the worst
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
(literary) salary of a private tutor
cable tie
corset (clothing)
gird / tighten
to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction
to bind oneself / submission
narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck
corset
to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)
variant of 束脩


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