| 束手就毙 |
shù shǒu jiù bì |
hands tied and expecting the worst |
| 束 |
Shù |
surname Shu |
| 束 |
shù |
to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control |
| 束手 |
shù shǒu |
to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it |
| 手 |
shǒu |
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:双,只 |
| 就 |
jiù |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... |
| 毙 |
bì |
to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death |
| 毙 |
bì |
to collapse / variant of 毙 / variant of 獙 |