隔岸观火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines to watch the fires burning across the river; to view someone's trouble with indifference or delay action until others have exhausted themselves Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.258 per million Cross-References Synonym 袖手旁观 xiùshǒupángguān见死不救 jiànsǐbùjiù冷眼旁观 lěngyǎnpángguān隔山观虎斗 géshānguānhǔdòu坐观成败 zuòguānchéngbàiAntonym 见义勇为 jiànyìyǒngwéi扶危济困 fúwēijìkùn当仁不让 dāngrénbùràng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
隔岸观火 隔岸觀火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines to watch the fires burning across the river; to view someone's trouble with indifference or delay action until others have exhausted themselves Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.258 per million Cross-References Synonym 袖手旁观 xiùshǒupángguān见死不救 jiànsǐbùjiù冷眼旁观 lěngyǎnpángguān隔山观虎斗 géshānguānhǔdòu坐观成败 zuòguānchéngbàiAntonym 见义勇为 jiànyìyǒngwéi扶危济困 fúwēijìkùn当仁不让 dāngrénbùràng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
