坐观成败

Traditional: 坐觀成敗

zuò guān chéng bài

Dictionary entry

to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides

What does 坐观成败 mean?

坐观成败 (zuò guān chéng bài) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides

2to sit on the fence

Character breakdown

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坐Zuòsurname Zuo 观Guànsurname Guan 成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]败bàito defeat · to damage

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How to pronounce 坐观成败

坐观成败

zuò guān chéng bài

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