坐观成败 (坐觀成敗) zuò guān chéng bài
zuò guān chéng bài
set phrase
to sit and await success or failure; to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '坐觀成敗')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十四 唐書10: 莊宗本紀八 Volume 34 Book of Later Tang 10: Zhuangzong Annals 8 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
- 卷48 列傳第40 蕭詧 Volume 48 Biographies 40: Xiao Cha Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 1
- 卷二十五 列傳第六 垣崇祖 張敬兒 Volume 25 Biographies 6: Yuan Chongzu, Zhang Jing Er Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 1
- 卷七十四 列傳第三十四 臧質 魯爽 沈攸之 Volume 74 Biographies 34: Zang Zhi, Lu Shuang, Shen Youzhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 《田叔列傳》 Biography of Tian Shu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷七十四下 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74b: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 卷五十七 列傳第七: 裴寂 劉文靜 Volume 57 Biographies 7: Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷七十一 列傳第二十一: 魏徵 Volume 71 Biographies 21: Wei Zheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷一百七十九 列傳第一百二十九: 蕭遘 孔緯 韋昭度 崔昭緯 張濬 朱樸 鄭綮 劉崇望 徐彥若 陸扆 柳璨 Volume 179 Biographies 129: Xiao Gou, Kong Wei, Wei Zhaodu, Cui Zhaowei, Zhang Jun, Zhu Pu, Zheng Qi, Liu Chongwang, Xu Yanruo, Lu Yu, Liu Can Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 欲坐观成败 (欲坐觀成敗) 欲坐觀成敗 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《田叔列傳》 Biography of Tian Shu — count: 2