zuò​shì​bù​lǐ

to sit by and watch

  1. to sit by and watch
    To sit by and watch without intervening; to look on passively at a situation that one should be concerned with or responsible for.
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. verb
    to pay attention to
    to pay attention to; to acknowledge or take notice of someone; to respond to another's words