束手無策
shù​shǒu​wú​cè

at one's wit's end

  • created sense approved 束手无策/束手無策 · shù​shǒu​wú​cè · at one's wit's end — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    束手无策 / 束手無策

    shù​shǒu​wú​cè

    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

    束手 (literal) → 束手 · shù​shǒu · to have one's hands tied 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 策 (literal) → 策 · cè · plan

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

    created sense