高たか手て小こ手てたかてこてMeanings1nounbound hands and armsyojijukugo (four-character idiom)A yojijukugo referring to the state of having one's hands and arms tied up or restrained, often in a historical or martial context.捕とらえられた侍さむらいは高たか手て小こ手てに縛しばられた。The captured samurai was bound hand and arm.