束手無策

See also: 束手无策

Chinese

		to be helpless; to have one's hands tied	to have no solution; to have no measure
trad. (束手無策)		束手	無策
simp. (束手无策)		束手	无策

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùshǒuwúcè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shùshǒuwúcè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoouwutseh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/

Idiom

束手無策

to be at a loss what to do, to feel helpless in the face of some difficulty

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