「見死不救」
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Pronunciation: | gin3 sei2 bat1 gau3 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard 死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 不 no; negator; not 救 to save; to rescue; to stop; to deter; to change; to improve |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
to deliberately withhold help and let the other party suffer; literally "to watch somebody die and refuse to help"
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Antonym(s): | Antonym(s): 見義勇為 |
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