隔岸观火
Traditional form:
隔岸觀火
Pinyin (reading):
gé'ànguānhuǒ
Definitions:
- to watch the fires burning across the river
- to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
Characters:
- 隔 - to separate, to partition, to divide
- 岸 - beach, coast, shore
- 观 - to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
- 火 - fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
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