Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「坐視成敗」, with details below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「坐視成敗」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Take a spectator attitude towards the success or failure of others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zuò shì chéng bài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
cho5 si6 sing4 baai6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
