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束手待斃

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

Idiom

束手待斃

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