📖 Meaning
To bind one's own body and submit to being tied up. This idiom describes a person who surrenders willingly without putting up any resistance, accepting capture passively rather than fighting back.
📜 Origin Story
The idiom appears in the 'Book of Jin' (《晋书》), in the biography of Duan Zhuo (段灼传). It describes a general named Ai (艾) who, upon receiving an imperial edict, immediately dispatched his strong troops elsewhere and then tied himself up to surrender, not daring to look back or entertain any thought of resistance. The phrase captures the image of complete and voluntary submission to authority.
💡 Example Usage
面对众多官兵，他选择束身就缚，不再反抗。
Faced with numerous soldiers, he chose to bind himself and surrender, offering no further resistance.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 束身就缚
- Pinyin: shù shēn jiù fù
- Literal Translation: bind, body, submit, tie
- Category: Action
- Characters: 4