- 木(tree; wood)
- 口(mouth; loop; band)
Tying trees together with a rope wrapped around the trunk is the meaning of bundle or bind.
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
Faced with this problem, he was at a loss for what to do.
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
Faced with this problem, he was at a loss for what to do.
Tying trees together with a rope wrapped around the trunk is the meaning of bundle or bind.
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
Tying trees together with a rope wrapped around the trunk is the meaning of bundle or bind.
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
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