束 shù — to bind; to tie; to fasten; to bundle; to tie up; to restrain
束
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #694
shù shu4
Basic definition
verb
Related words
- 结束 to end; to finish; to conclude
- 约束 to constrain; restriction
- 束缚 to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
- 束手 with hands tied; helpless
- 拘束 to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable
- 装束 attire/clothing
- 约束力 binding force; constraining power
- 束手无策 at one's wits' end; helpless; no way out
- 管束 to control; to restrain; to discipline
- 无拘无束 free and unrestrained; without any restraint
- 光束 light beam
- 束之高阁 to lay on the shelf; to shelve; to leave unused
- 花束 a bouquet of flowers
- 结束语 concluding remarks
- 束手就擒 to give up without resistance; to let oneself be captured
- 束腰 to bind the waist; to corset
- 波束 beam
- 束手待毙 to fold one's hands and wait for death; to resign oneself to ruin
- 集束 clustered; bundled together
- 检束 to keep oneself in check; to restrain