隔岸觀火
Chinese
- to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut offbank; shore; beach; coastto look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monasteryfire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (隔岸觀火) 隔 岸 觀 火 simp. (隔岸观火) 隔 岸 观 火 Literally: “to watch the fires burning across the river”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
隔岸觀火
- (figuratively) to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves