束手待斃 shù shǒu dài bì

DEFINITIONS

  1. to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. to resign oneself to extinction

CHARACTERS

束 shù
HSK 3
bind, control, restrain; bale
手 shǒu
HSK 2
hand
待 dài
HSK 5
treat, entertain, receive; wait
斃 bì kill; die violent death