to watch the fires burning across the river; to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
trad. 隔岸觀火
Also written 隔岸觀火【gé àn guān huǒ】
Characters in this word
4隔
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to separate, to partition, to stand or lie between, at a distance from, after or at an interval of
- Pinyin
- gé
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 5528 of 2500
岸
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variant of 岸[an4]
- Pinyin
- àn
- Traditional
- 㟁
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 20008 of 2500
观
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guàn
- Traditional
- 觀
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 33499 of 2500
火
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surname Huo
- Pinyin
- Huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2136 of 2500