xiù​shǒu​páng​guān HSK7

stand by

袖手旁观 (袖手旁觀) xiù​shǒu​páng​guān
stand by idiom
to watch with folded arms; to look on without lifting a finger

朋友遇到困难我们袖手旁观

péng​you yù​dào le kùn​nan, wǒ​men néng xiù​shǒu​páng​guān.

When a friend is in trouble, we cannot just stand by and watch.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
6.14 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
1.07 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT