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袖手旁观
xiù shǒu páng guān · xiu shou pang guan
Traditional 袖手旁觀
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
In a sentence
2 examples01
你要是不答应的话，我就袖手旁观。
If you don't make the promise, then I'll just stand by and watch.
Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
02
只要好人袖手旁观，恶人就会得胜。
As long as good people do nothing, evil will triumph.
Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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