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束手待毙
shù​shǒu​dài​bì

to wait helplessly for death

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 束手 shù​shǒu
    to give up resistance
    to stop resisting and submit or surrender; used in phrases like 束手就擒 shù​shǒu​jiù​qín and 束手待毙 shù​shǒu​dài​bì
  2. 待毙 待斃 dài​bì
    to await death
    to await death; to be a sitting duck; to wait for one's end without resistance