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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 束手无策
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 束手无策 | shù shǒu wú cè | - lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 12,601 | 24,693 | 27,253 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 束 | shù | - surname Shu |
| 束 | shù | - to bind - bunch - bundle - classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc - to control |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
| 策 | cè | - surname Ce |
| 策 | cè | - policy - plan - scheme - bamboo slip for writing (old) - to whip (a horse) - to encourage - riding crop with sharp spines (old) - essay written for the imperial examinations (old) - upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy |
| 策 | cè | - variant of 策[ce4] |
| 策 | cè | - variant of 策[ce4] |
Other Words Containing 束手无策
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 束手无策 | - | - | 12,601 | 24,693 | 27,253 |