隔岸观火

gé àn guān huǒ

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Definitions

1. to watch the fires burning across the river
2. to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

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Child Words of 隔岸观火

• 岸 岸 àn: bank; shore; beach; coast
• 火 火 huǒ: fire
• 隔 隔 gé: to separate
• 观 观 guān: to look at
• 观 观 guàn: Taoist monastery
• 观火 观火 guān huǒ: penetrating (vision)