Traditional display

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)

Child Words of 隔岸观火

bank; shore; beach; coast

fire

to separate

to look at

Taoist monastery

penetrating (vision)