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袖手旁觀
  zau6 sau2 pong4 gun1   jyutping
  xiu4 shou3 pang2 guan1   pinyin
sit on one's hands; stand by unconcerned; stand aside and do nothing
[literal] look on with folded arms
[synonym] 冷眼旁觀

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
袖手旁觀 / 袖手旁观

This word has been viewed 1208 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 19th Oct 2016 02:17 and last edited on 6th Jun 2017 02:54
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Characters in this word:

 zau6  -  sleeve
 sau2  -  hand
 pong4  -  side; adjacent; other
 gun1 gun3  -  observe; view; outlook; Taoist temple
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