created sense approved 隔山观虎斗/隔山觀虎鬥 · géshānguānhǔdòu · watch from the sidelines — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
隔山观虎斗 / 隔山觀虎鬥
géshānguānhǔdòu
watch from the sidelines
to watch two parties fight from a safe distance before taking advantage of the situation; literally to watch tigers fight from the other side of the mountain
隔 (literal) → 隔 · gé · to separate 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to make animals fight
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition