







棋高一着,缚手缚脚 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so much more skilled or strategically superior than an opponent that they are completely constrained and unable to perform effectively”. Literally, “One move ahead in chess, bound hand and foot”.

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Open the tool →棋高一着,缚手缚脚 (qí gāo yī zhāo , fù shǒu fù jiǎo) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so much more skilled or strategically superior than an opponent that they are completely constrained and unable to perform effectively”.
棋高一着,缚手缚脚 is pronounced qí gāo yī zhāo , fù shǒu fù jiǎo in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 棋高一着,缚手缚脚 means “one move ahead in chess, bound hand and foot”. It is used to mean “to be so much more skilled or strategically superior than an opponent that they are completely constrained and unable to perform effectively”.
本指棋艺,后比喻技术高人一头,对方就无法施展本领。