"Tied" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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驾轻就熟 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back
平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score
结扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)
束手 shù shǒu to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it
爱莫能助 ài mò néng zhù unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) / Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied.
五花大绑 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
和局 hé jú draw / tied game
束发 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair)
束之高阁 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority
牵累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs)
牵累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs)
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín hands tied and waiting to be captured
名缰利锁 míng jiāng lì suǒ lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom) / tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success
拉家带口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
束手就毙 shù shǒu jiù bì hands tied and expecting the worst
束手待死 shù shǒu dài sǐ hands tied and expecting the worst
荮 zhòu (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw
再赛 zài sài to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time)
反接 fǎn jiē trussed / with hands tied behind the back
携家带口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
携家带眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations
束手就擒 shù shǒu - jiù qín lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight
讷涩 nè sè clumsy in speech / tongue tied
附带条件的援助  tied aid
附带条件的信托基金  tied trust fund
一条绳上的蚂蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
简册 jiǎn cè booklet / brochure / (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together)
好聚好散 hǎo jù hǎo sàn to part without hard feelings (idiom) / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
朱绂 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
好聚好散 hǎo jù - hǎo sàn (idiom) to part without hard feelings / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
总角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood
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