隔岸觀火

Chinese

	to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (隔岸觀火)	隔	岸	觀	火
simp. (隔岸观火)	隔	岸	观	火
Literally: “to watch the fires burning across the river”.

隔岸觀火

(figuratively) to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves

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