坐视 - Zhictionary

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坐视

坐視

zuòshì

to stand by and watch; to look on passively

to sit by and watch; to sit tight and look on; to sit and observe without participating or helping

旁观而不理。
坐看。

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Entry Composition

to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座 zuò

variant of 视 shì
variant of 示 shì

old variant of 视 shì

(literary, or bound form) to look at

Containing this entry

to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)

to turn a blind eye to

bùrěnzuòshì