"속수무책" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [sʰo̞ks͈umut͡ɕʰɛk̚] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [sʰo̞ks͈umut͡ɕʰe̞k̚] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: soksumuchaek [romanization], 束手無策 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 束手無策 (“to have one's hands bound and have no solution; to be at a loss”). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-sino|束手無策|to have one's hands bound and have no solution; to be at a loss}} Sino-Korean word from 束手無策 (“to have one's hands bound and have no solution; to be at a loss”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=束手無策}} 속수무책 • (soksumuchaek) (hanja 束手無策)
  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty

Alternative forms

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