束手待斃

See also: 束手待毙

Chinese

		to be helpless; to have one's hands tied	to await death; to be a sitting duck
trad. (束手待斃)		束手	待斃
simp. (束手待毙)		束手	待毙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùshǒu dàibì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùshǒu dàibì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùshǒu dàibì
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-shou³ tai⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: shù-shǒu dài-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhshoou daybih
    • Palladius: шушоу дайби (šušou dajbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/

Idiom

束手待斃

1. to fold one's hands and helplessly await death; to give oneself up for dead