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隔岸观火【gé àn guān huǒ】

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

隔岸观火【gé àn guān huǒ】

chéng yǔ成语

rèn wéi认为zhè这jiàn件shì事hé和zì jǐ自己méi yǒu guān xi没有关系，xiù shǒu páng guān袖手旁观
shǐ使dí fāng敌方nèi bù máo dùn内部矛盾qū yù区域jī huà激化hé和biǎo miàn huà表面化，děng dài等待bào dòng暴动，zào chéng造成dí rén敌人zì qǔ miè wáng自取灭亡de的zhàn lüè战略

隔岸观火【gé àn guān huǒ】

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

汉语词典Chinese definitions

隔岸观火【gé àn guān huǒ】

chéng yǔ成语

rèn wéi认为zhè这jiàn件shì事hé和zì jǐ自己méi yǒu guān xi没有关系，xiù shǒu páng guān袖手旁观
shǐ使dí fāng敌方nèi bù máo dùn内部矛盾qū yù区域jī huà激化hé和biǎo miàn huà表面化，děng dài等待bào dòng暴动，zào chéng造成dí rén敌人zì qǔ miè wáng自取灭亡de的zhàn lüè战略

隔

HSK 44

含义separate, partition

拼音gé

岸

HSK 54

含义bank, shore; beach, coast

拼音àn

观

HSK 2

含义see, observe, view; appearance

拼音guān

火

HSK 11

含义fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

拼音huǒ