束手就毙
shù​shǒu​jiù​bì

hands tied and awaiting death

  • created sense approved 束手就毙/束手就斃 · shù​shǒu​jiù​bì · hands tied and awaiting death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    束手就毙 / 束手就斃

    shù​shǒu​jiù​bì

    hands tied and awaiting death

    to have one's hands tied and await one's end; to wait helplessly for the worst to happen

    束手 (literal) → 束手 · shù​shǒu · to give up resistance 就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · to approach 毙 (literal) → 毙/斃 · bì · to die

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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