Read Edit View history 隔岸觀火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 隔岸观火/ 隔岸觀火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines to watch the fires burning across the river; to view someone's trouble with indifference or delay action until others have exhausted themselves Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 袖手旁观/袖手旁觀 Edit Delete synonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 见死不救/見死不救 Edit Delete synonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 冷眼旁观/冷眼旁觀 Edit Delete synonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 隔山观虎斗/隔山觀虎鬥 Edit Delete synonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 坐观成败/坐觀成敗 Edit Delete antonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 见义勇为/見義勇為 Edit Delete antonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 扶危济困/扶危濟困 Edit Delete antonym 隔岸观火/隔岸觀火 → 当仁不让/當仁不讓 Edit Delete
隔岸观火/ 隔岸觀火 gé'ànguānhuǒ to watch from the sidelines to watch the fires burning across the river; to view someone's trouble with indifference or delay action until others have exhausted themselves Edit Delete