束手无策 shùshǒuwúcè at one's wit's end Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 束手无策 束手無策 shùshǒuwúcè at one's wit's end to have one's hands tied and be unable to do anything; to be at one's wit's end when facing a crisis Frequency Movie subtitles 2.53 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.05 per million Cross-References Antonym 大刀阔斧 dàdāokuòfǔSynonym 一筹莫展 yīchóumòzhǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
束手无策 束手無策 shùshǒuwúcè at one's wit's end to have one's hands tied and be unable to do anything; to be at one's wit's end when facing a crisis Frequency Movie subtitles 2.53 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.05 per million Cross-References Antonym 大刀阔斧 dàdāokuòfǔSynonym 一筹莫展 yīchóumòzhǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)