隔岸觀火
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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 | ||
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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”. |
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隔岸觀火