拱手旁观
gǒng​shǒu​páng​guān

to look on with folded arms

  • created sense approved 拱手旁观/拱手旁觀 · gǒng​shǒu​páng​guān · to look on with folded arms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拱手旁观 / 拱手旁觀

    gǒng​shǒu​páng​guān

    to look on with folded arms

    to watch from the sidelines and do nothing; to refuse to get involved in a situation

    拱手 (literal) → 拱手 · gǒng​shǒu · to cup hands 旁观 (literal) → 旁观/旁觀 · páng​guān · to look on

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

    created sense