袖手旁观
xiù​shǒu​páng​guān HSK7

to watch with folded arms

  • created sense approved 袖手旁观/袖手旁觀 · xiù​shǒu​páng​guān · to watch with folded arms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    袖手旁观 / 袖手旁觀

    xiù​shǒu​páng​guān

    to watch with folded arms

    To look on unconcerned without lifting a finger; to stay out of a matter and not get involved.

    袖手 (literal) → 袖手 · xiù​shǒu · to hide one's hands in one's sleeves 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