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to wait helplessly for death (idiom) · to resign oneself to extinction

束手待毙
shù shǒu dài bì
sh+ù·4th tonesh+ǒu·3rd toned+ài·4th toneb+ì·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis束手无策shù shǒu wú cè(lit.) to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) · (fig.) to surrender without a fight束手就擒shù shǒu jiù qínto sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate坐以待毙zuò yǐ dài bìto be unable to find a solution · to be at wits' end一筹莫展yī chóu mò zhǎnmountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line · nowhere to go山穷水尽shān qióng shuǐ jìn
Antonyms
to handle matters with ease (idiom) · to hold one's own应付自如yìng fu zì rú