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袖手旁观
袖手旁觀
xiù shǒu páng guān
idiom. put the hands in the sleeves and look on (to have nothing to do with a thing)
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
国难当头,我们怎么能袖手旁观呢?
國難當頭,我們怎麼能袖手旁觀呢?
guó nàn dāng tóu, wǒ men zěn me néng xiù shǒu páng guān ne ?
phr. Our country is in imminent danger. How can we just look on and do nothing?