Lingaku- to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
- to resign oneself to extinction
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
- to resign oneself to extinction
This idiom describes a situation where someone is in a state of helplessness, waiting for an unfavorable outcome without taking any action to change it.
zài在wēi jí危急shí kè时刻，tā他xuǎn zé选择shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙，méi yǒu没有cǎi qǔ采取rèn hé任何cuò shī措施lái来táo tuō逃脱。
In a critical situation, he chose to wait helplessly for death and did not take any measures to escape.
Faced with the inevitable defeat, they could only wait helplessly for death.
This meaning conveys a sense of acceptance of an unavoidable and often negative fate, implying a lack of resistance or effort to improve the situation.
zài在zhè yàng这样de的qíng kuàng情况xià下，tā她yǐ jīng已经resignedherselftoextinction，wán quán完全fàng qì放弃le了xī wàng希望。
In such a situation, she had already resigned herself to extinction and completely gave up hope.
He chose to wait helplessly for death, accepting the fact that he was about to disappear.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙to wait helplessly for deathháo wú毫无fǎn kàng反抗de地shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙to resign oneself to death without any resistancezài在jué jìng绝境Zhōng中Shù束shǒu手dāi待bì毙to wait helplessly for death in a desperate situationmiàn duì面对kùn jìng困境shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙to wait helplessly in the face of adversityzài在wēi jī危机Zhōng中Shù束shǒu手dāi待bì毙to wait helplessly during a crisisnìng yuàn宁愿shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙would rather wait helplessly for deathshù shǒu dài bì束手待毙de的tài du态度a resigned attitude toward extinctionjué duì绝对bù yuàn不愿shù shǒu dài bì束手待毙absolutely unwilling to wait helplessly for deathzài在wéi kùn围困xià下Shù束shǒu手dāi待bì毙to wait helplessly for death while being surroundedshù shǒu dài bì束手待毙de的xuǎn zé选择the choice to wait helplessly for death