속수무책
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 束手無策 (“to have one's hands bound and have no solution; to be at a loss”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞ks͈umut͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [sʰo̞ks͈umut͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [속쑤무책/속쑤무첵]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | soksumuchaek |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sogsumuchaeg |
McCune–Reischauer? | soksumuch'aek |
Yale Romanization? | sok.swumu.chayk |
Noun
[edit]속수무책 • (soksumuchaek) (hanja 束手無策)
- (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty