zuò​shì​bù​jiù

to sit back and watch

  1. to sit by and watch
    To sit by and watch without intervening; to look on passively at a situation that one should be concerned with or responsible for.
  2. adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. to save
    to save, rescue, or assist; to help someone out of danger or difficulty; to salvage