缩手缩脚

bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks

variant of 角[jue2] / role

to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]