- 束手无策 shùshǒuwúcè helplessto have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it; helpless in the face of a crisis
- 束手就擒 shùshǒujiùqín surrenderto submit to capture or give up without putting up a fight
- 束手束脚 shùshǒushùjiǎo inhibited(idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited
- 束手待毙 shùshǒudàibì wait helplesslyto wait helplessly for death or destruction; to resign oneself to extinction without making an effort to save oneself
- 束手待死 shùshǒudàisǐ waiting for doomhands tied and expecting the worst
- 束手就毙 shùshǒujiùbì resignedly awaiting deathhands tied and expecting the worst
