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坐等

Mandarin · pinyin zuò děng

to sit and wait
(fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)

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坐: zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
等: děng · rank, grade; to wait; equal, “and so forth”

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4–3 · zuo4 deng3

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verb

to sit back and wait for

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