綁手綁腳
bong2 sau2 bong2 goek3bǎng shǒu bǎng jiǎoinferred
English
- having hands tied; unable to act freely; heavily constrained
粵語 — Cantonese
- 受掣肘；做事唔得自由
Examples
呢間公司好嚴，員工做乜都綁手綁腳。
This company is very strict. Its staff are heavily constrained no matter what they do.
政府做嘢好多規矩，做乜都縛手縛腳。
There’s so much red tape in the government; my hands are tied no matter what I do.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk