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束手束脚

shù shǒu shù jiǎo

4-character word Traditional 束手束腳

What 束手束脚 means

1. idiomrestricted; constrained; inhibited

The characters in 束手束脚

• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)

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