袖手旁观 xiùshǒupángguān HSK7 to watch with folded arms Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 袖手 xiùshǒu to hide one's hands in one's sleeves To place one's hands inside the opposite sleeves, as was common in traditional Chinese clothing旁观 旁觀 pángguān to look on to look on from the side; to observe without participating or interfering; to be an onlooker