縛手縛腳
fù​shǒu​fù​jiǎo

to be hamstrung

  • created sense approved 缚手缚脚/縛手縛腳 · fù​shǒu​fù​jiǎo · to be hamstrung — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缚手缚脚 / 縛手縛腳

    fù​shǒu​fù​jiǎo

    to be hamstrung

    To be tied hand and foot; to be unable to act freely due to too many constraints or regulations

    fú​shǒu​fú​jiǎo

    缚 (literal) → 缚/縛 · fù · to bind 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 缚 (literal) → 缚/縛 · fù · to bind 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot

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

    created sense