束手束腳
shù​shǒu​shù​jiǎo

to be hamstrung

  • created sense approved 束手束脚/束手束腳 · shù​shǒu​shù​jiǎo · to be hamstrung — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    束手束脚 / 束手束腳

    shù​shǒu​shù​jiǎo

    to be hamstrung

    literally to have one's hands and feet tied; used to describe being overly cautious or hindered by too many worries to act freely

    束手 (literal) → 束手 · shù​shǒu · to have one's hands tied 束 (literal) → 束 · shù · to restrain 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot

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

    created sense