From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「坐而待斃」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Introducing the idiom 「坐而待斃」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
Sit and wait to die. A metaphor for sitting back and waiting for death when faced with danger without taking any active measures.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuò ér dài bì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho5 yi4 doi6 bai6
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