shù shǒu dài bìdictionary entry
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to wait helplessly for death (idiom) / to resign oneself to extinction
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Original source entry:

束手待斃 束手待毙 [shu4 shou3 dai4 bi4] /to wait helplessly for death (idiom)/to resign oneself to extinction/

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