坐以待斃
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Chinese[edit]
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) | to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.) |
to await death; to be a sitting duck | ||
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trad. (坐以待斃) | 坐 | 以 | 待斃 | |
simp. (坐以待毙) | 坐 | 以 | 待毙 | |
Literally: “to sit and wait for one's death”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
坐以待斃
- to do nothing in face of peril or impending disasters