束手 (cuk1 sau2) — to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it in Cantonese
cukˉ¹束sauˊ²手
Mandarin Pinyin: shu4 shou3
Meaning of 束手
nounto have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it
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Example Sentences with 束手
keoiˏ₅佢sukˍ₆束sauˊ²手mouˎ₄無caak˗₃策。
He was helpless.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋sukˍ₆束sauˊ²手zauˍ₆就camˎ₄擒。
We surrendered.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sukˍ₆束sauˊ²手doiˍ₆待bai˗₃斃。
Don't just wait for death.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋sukˍ₆束sauˊ²手zauˍ₆就faanˍ₆範。
They surrendered obediently.
mouˎ₄無gai3,計，waiˎ₄唯jauˏ₅有sukˍ₆束sauˊ²手。
No choice, just surrender.
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