隔岸觀火

Chinese

		to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	bank; shore; beach bank; shore; beach; coast	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
trad. (隔岸觀火)		隔	岸	觀	火
simp. (隔岸观火)		隔	岸	观	火
Literally: “to watch the fires burning across the river”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gé'ànguānhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gé'ànguānhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gé-ànguanhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: ko²-an⁴-kuan¹-huo³
  - Yale: gé-àn-gwān-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gerannguanhuoo
  - Palladius: гэаньгуаньхо (gɛanʹguanʹxo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²
  - Yale: gaak ngohn gūn fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

隔岸觀火

(figurative) to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves

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