HSK V7-9
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袖手旁观

/ xiù shǒu pángguān /
Strokes

Definition

to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger

Example

Definition
look on/stand by with folded arms; look on unconcerned
1
gāi
xiùshǒupángguān
袖手旁观
  
,
rènpíng
任凭
shù
伐树
  

You shouldn't have just stood by and let those trees be chopped down.

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