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Here’s the idiom 「坐而待弊」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Sit and wait to die. A metaphor for not taking positive measures when faced with danger.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuò ér dài bì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho5 yi4 doi6 bai6
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