坐觀成敗
zuò​guān​chéng​bài

to look on coldly

  • created reference approved 坐观成败/坐觀成敗 → 袖手旁观/袖手旁觀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐观成败 / 坐觀成敗 zuò​guān​chéng​bài

    袖手旁观 / 袖手旁觀 xiù​shǒu​páng​guān

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 坐观成败/坐觀成敗 · zuò​guān​chéng​bài · to look on coldly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐观成败 / 坐觀成敗

    zuò​guān​chéng​bài

    to look on coldly

    To sit and wait to see how something turns out instead of getting involved; to sit on the fence while others fight or work.

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 成败 (literal) → 成败/成敗 · chéng​bài · success or failure

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

    created sense