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袖手旁觀

简袖手旁观 · 繁袖手旁觀

Mandarin · pinyin xiù shǒu páng guān

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4–3–2–1 · xiu4 shou3 pang2 guan1

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zau6 sau2 pong4 gun1

Cantonese word readings for 袖手旁觀. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

zau6 sau2 pong4 gun1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to put one's hands into one's sleeves and look on; to observe and do nothing; to stand by; to become a passive observer