「坐以待斃」
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Pronunciation: | zo6 ji5 doi6 bai6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
坐 to sit; to travel by; to travel on 以 based on; take...as...; with; by means of; to take ... (as); to use; to regard ... as; according to; with reference to 待 to treat; to wait for 斃 to die |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to await one's doom; literally: to sit still and wait for death
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