坐觀成敗

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

坐觀成敗Traditional · Main Form
坐观成败Alternate Form

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