- 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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束手无策
束手无策
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
1 meaning#18563
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
- ，。
Faced with this problem, he was at a loss for what to do.
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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- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
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束手无策
Traditional束手無策
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
1 meaning#18563
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
- ，。
Faced with this problem, he was at a loss for what to do.
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- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
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