坐观成败
坐观成败
zuò guān chéng bài
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides; to sit on the fence
verbidiom
Traditional: 坐觀成敗
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- (verb, idiom) to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
- to sit on the fence
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Related Words
等(děng)— class
→藏器待时(cáng qì dài shí)— to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)— lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→一年之计在于春(yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn)— the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
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