待毙

待斃
dàibì
  1. to await death
  2. to be a sitting duck

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to await death; to be a sitting duck
  2. to await death; to be a sitting duck

Wiktionary

等死。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 待 dài
  1. to wait
  2. to treat
  3. to deal with
  4. to need
  5. going to (do sth)
  6. about to
  7. intending to
=2 毙 bì
  1. to die
  2. to shoot dead
  3. to reject
  4. to fall forward
  5. (suffix) to death
=2 毙 bì
  1. to collapse
  2. variant of 毙 bì
  3. variant of 獙 bì

Containing this entry

坐以待毙 zuòyǐdàibì to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
束手待毙 shùshǒudàibì
  1. to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
  2. to resign oneself to extinction