束手无策 / 束手無策
shù shǒu wú cè
Meaning
- literally to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom) · figuratively helpless in the face of a crisis
Example sentences
当我听到这个消息时, 我束手无策。
當我聽到這個消息時, 我束手無策。
dāng wǒ tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī shí, wǒ shù shǒu wú cè。
When I heard the news, I was at a loss.