坐以待斃 zuò yǐ dài bì

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

Characters

Character Meaning
坐 zuò HSK 1
to sit; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to take a seat
以 yǐ HSK 2
to use; by means of; according to
待 dài HSK 5
to wait; to treat; to deal with
斃 bì
to die; (suffix) to death; to reject