隔岸观火 - gé àn guān huǒ - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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隔岸觀火 (隔岸观火)

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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