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Today, we explore the idiom 「束手無策」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Strategy: method. When encountering problems, it feels like having your hands tied and there is nothing you can do.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shù shǒu wú cè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chuk1 sau2 mou4 chaak3
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