坐以待斃

zo6 ji5 doi6 bai6

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

Written Forms

坐以待斃Traditional · Main Form
坐以待毙Alternate Form

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