隔岸观火
隔岸观火
gé àn guān huǒ
to watch the fires burning across the river; to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 隔岸觀火
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- (verb, idiom) to watch the fires burning across the river
- to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
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Related Words
坐山观虎斗(zuò shān guān hǔ dòu)— sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
→转战千里(zhuǎn zhàn qiān lǐ)— fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country
→不到黄河心不死(bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ)— lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
→山穷水尽(shān qióng shuǐ jìn)— mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
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