Chinese Word: 缚手缚脚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

to have too many constraints; to be unable to act freely (idiom)

1		tā 他 bù néng 不能 ràng 让 wǒ men 我们 jìn qù 进去， tā 他 yě 也 fù shǒu fù jiǎo 缚手缚脚。 He cannot let us in. His hands are tied.
2		sú huà shuō 俗话说， yà zhōu 亚洲 de 的 shì qing 事情 jiù shì 就是 fèn nèi 份内 shì 事， ér 而 ào bā mǎ 奥巴马 cǐ xíng 此行 yǒu xiē 有些 fù shǒu fù jiǎo 缚手缚脚。 Given that the business of Asia is business, as the cliché goes, Mr Obama goes to Asia with one hand tied behind his back.
3		cóng 从 yī liáo 医疗、 jīng jì 经济 fù sū 复苏 dào 到 ā fù hàn 阿富汗 zhàn zhēng 战争， zhèng fǔ 政府 àn dàn 暗淡 de 的 cái zhèng 财政 zhuàng kuàng 状况 lìng 令 mín zhǔ dǎng 民主党 rén 人 fù shǒu fù jiǎo 缚手缚脚。 From health care to economic recovery to the Afghanistan war, the government's gloomy fiscal condition is constraining Democrats.

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