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坐观成败

zuò guān chéng bài

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 坐观成败

成
chéng

to succeed

败
bài

to defeat

成败
chéng bài

success or failure

观
guān

to look at

观
guàn

Taoist monastery

坐
zuò

to sit