zuò​shì

to sit by and watch

  • created sense approved 坐视/坐視 · zuò​shì · to sit and watch — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐视 / 坐視

    zuò​shì

    to sit and watch

    To sit and look on; to observe while seated

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 视 (literal) → 视/視 · shì · to look at

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 坐视/坐視 · zuò​shì · to sit by and watch — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐视 / 坐視

    zuò​shì

    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.

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 视 (literal) → 视/視 · shì · to look at

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

    created sense