冷眼旁观
Traditional form:
冷眼旁觀
Pinyin (reading):
lěngyǎnpángguān
Definitions:
- (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
Characters:
- 冷 - cold, cool; lonely
- 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
- 旁 - side; beside, close, nearby
- 观 - to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
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