zuò​shān​kàn​hǔ​dòu

to watch tigers fight from a mountain

  • created sense approved 坐山看虎斗/坐山看虎鬥 · zuò​shān​kàn​hǔ​dòu · to watch tigers fight from a mountain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐山看虎斗 / 坐山看虎鬥

    zuò​shān​kàn​hǔ​dòu

    to watch tigers fight from a mountain

    (variant form) to sit on a mountain and watch tigers fight; to watch from the sidelines while others fight, waiting for both sides to exhaust themselves so one can take advantage of the situation

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to fight

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