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袖手旁观
xiù​shǒu​páng​guān HSK7

to watch with folded arms

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 袖手 xiù​shǒu
    to hide one's hands in one's sleeves
    To place one's hands inside the opposite sleeves, as was common in traditional Chinese clothing
  2. 旁观 旁觀 páng​guān
    to look on
    to look on from the side; to observe without participating or interfering; to be an onlooker