作壁上观 (zuò bì shàng guān) | Meaning: sit by and watch | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

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

to watch the fires burning across the river · to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)隔岸观火gé àn guān huǒ

(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it置身事外zhì shēn shì wài

to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines · to look around; to survey观望guān wàng

sit back and watch without going to the rescue · sit idly by without lending a helping hand · look on with folded arms坐视不救zuò shī bù jiù

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坐观成败zuò guān chéng bài

sit by and watch · stay behind the breastworks and watch others fight · be an onlooker · look on with folded arms

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