- 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; loop; band)ASSOCIATIVE
Tying trees together with a rope wrapped around the trunk is the meaning of bundle or bind.
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束手待毙
束手待毙
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
- 。
He could only wait helplessly for death.
- 貳动verb
to resign oneself to extinction
- 。
We cannot sit idle and wait for death.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(step; walk)RADICAL
- 寺(temple; waiting place)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Standing outside a temple stepping back and forth is waiting for someone.
束手待毙
Traditional束手待斃
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
- 。
He could only wait helplessly for death.
- 貳动verb
to resign oneself to extinction
- 。
We cannot sit idle and wait for death.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; loop; band)ASSOCIATIVE
Tying trees together with a rope wrapped around the trunk is the meaning of bundle or bind.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彳(step; walk)RADICAL
- 寺(temple; waiting place)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Standing outside a temple stepping back and forth is waiting for someone.
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