待斃

待毙
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 斃 bì
  1. to die
  2. to shoot dead
  3. to reject
  4. to fall forward
  5. (suffix) to death

Containing this entry

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