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束手待斃
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束手待毙
Chinese
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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
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
shùshǒu dàibì
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
shùshǒu dàibì
Zhuyin
:
ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
shùshǒu dàibì
Wade–Giles
:
shu
4
-shou
3
tai
4
-pi
4
Yale
:
shù-shǒu dài-bì
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
shuhshoou daybih
Palladius
:
шушоу дайби
(šušou dajbi)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʂu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
Idiom
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束手待斃
to
fold
one's
hands
and
helplessly
await
death
; to
give
oneself
up for
dead