缚手缚脚 — Chinese idiom
缚手缚脚
fù shǒu fù jiǎo
Traditional: 縛手縛腳
Meaning
- to be bound by too many restrictions
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 吐丝自缚 tǔ sī zì fù
- 缚鸡之力 fù jī zhī lì
- 造茧自缚 zào jiǎn zì fù
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
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