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束手待斃 (cuk1 sau2 doi6 bai6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

束手待斃 (cuk1 sau2 doi6 bai6, shù shǒu dài bì) — to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 束縛 (cuk1 bok3) — restrictions; limit
• 束手無策 (cuk1 sau2 mou4 caak3) — (idiom) No idea how to deal with a situation, problem etc.
• 束 (cuk1) — surname Shu
• 束之高閣 (cuk1 zi1 gou1 gok3) — tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put sth on the back burner; no longer a…
• 束修 (cuk1 sau1) — variant of 束脩[shu4 xiu1]
• 束手 (cuk1 sau2) — to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it

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