shù​shǒu​wú​cè

helpless

束手无策 (束手無策) shù​shǒu​wú​cè
helpless idiom
to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it; helpless in the face of a crisis

Faced with such a complex problem, everyone felt helpless.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.53 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.05 per million

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