坐山觀虎鬥
zuò​shān​guān​hǔ​dòu

to sit and watch tigers fight

  • created reference approved 坐山观虎斗/坐山觀虎鬥 → 坐山看虎斗/坐山看虎鬥 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐山观虎斗 / 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò​shān​guān​hǔ​dòu

    坐山看虎斗 / 坐山看虎鬥 zuò​shān​kàn​hǔ​dòu

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 坐山观虎斗/坐山觀虎鬥 · zuò​shān​guān​hǔ​dòu · to sit and watch tigers fight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐山观虎斗 / 坐山觀虎鬥

    zuò​shān​guān​hǔ​dòu

    to sit and watch tigers fight

    To watch from a safe distance while others fight and then take advantage of the situation once both sides are exhausted.

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to fight

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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