束手无策 (shù shǒu wú cè) | Meaning: lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(idiom) powerless to do anything about it无能为力wú néng wéi lì

to be unable to find a solution · to be at wits' end一筹莫展yī chóu mò zhǎn

unable to; incapable of无法wú fǎ

(lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom) · (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end无计可施wú jì kě shī

to wait helplessly for death (idiom) · to resign oneself to extinction束手待毙shù shǒu dài bì

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)黔驴技穷Qián lu:2 jì qióng

lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis