[束手无策 / 束手無策, shù shǒu wú cè, ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨˊ ㄘㄜˋ]lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (成语 saw); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis#24693[Add to Longdo]
[つか, tsuka](n, n-suf) (1) { math } lattice; (n, n-suf, ctr) (2) counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); (3) handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)#8371[Add to Longdo]
[つか, tsuka](n) (1) strut; short vertical post; (2) thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (3) (arch) (See 束・そく) handbreadth; bundle#8371[Add to Longdo]
[たばねる(P);つかねる, tabaneru (P); tsukaneru](v1, vt) (1) to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; (2) (たばねる only) to govern; to manage; to control; to administer; (3) (つかねる only) to fold (one's arms); (P)[Add to Longdo]