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隔岸观火    Add to My Vocabulary

PinYin gé àn guān huǒ    Simplified 隔岸观火    Traditional 隔岸觀火
  1. to watch the fires burning across the river
  2. to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

Chinese meanings
  1. géànguānhuǒ
    比喻见人有危难不援助而采取看热闹的态度。

Chinese meanings
  1. gé àn guān huǒ
    【近义】冷眼旁观、见死不救
    【反义】见义勇为、身临其境
    【释义】隔着河看人家着火。比喻对别人的危难不去求助，在一旁看热闹。
    【出处】唐·乾康《投谒齐已》：“隔岸红尘忙似火，当轩青嶂冷如冰。”
    【用例】他原是在～呀。（郭沫若《南冠草》第二幕）

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