to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
trad. 袖手旁觀
Also written 袖手旁觀【xiù shǒu páng guān】
Characters in this word
4袖
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sleeve, to tuck inside one's sleeve
- Pinyin
- xiù
- Strokes
- 10
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
旁
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one side, other, different, lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- Pinyin
- páng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5433 of 2500
观
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guàn
- Traditional
- 觀
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 33499 of 2500