坐观成败 zuò guān chéng bài

DEFINITIONS

  1. to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
  2. to sit on the fence

CHARACTERS

坐 zuò
HSK 1
sit; seat; ride, travel by
观 guān
HSK 4
see, observe, view; appearance
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
败 bài
HSK 4
be defeated, decline, fail