Chinese–English
隔岸观火
gé àn guān huǒ · ge an guan huo
Traditional 隔岸觀火
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to watch the fires burning across the river
- to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
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