| 坐观成败 |
zuò guān chéng bài |
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence |
| 坐 |
Zuò |
surname Zuo |
| 坐 |
zuò |
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 |
| 观 |
Guàn |
surname Guan |
| 观 |
guān |
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook |
| 观 |
guàn |
Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 成败 |
chéng bài |
success or failure |
| 败 |
bài |
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither |