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Definition(s) for: 坐以待毙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坐以待毙 zuò yǐ dài bì - to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,711 47,344 35,076

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuò- surname Zuo
zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
dāi- to stay; to remain
dài- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to
- to die
- to shoot dead
- to reject
- to fall forward
- (suffix) to death
- to collapse
- variant of 斃|毙[bi4]
- variant of 獙[bi4]

Other Words Containing 坐以待毙

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
坐以待毙 - - 13,711 47,344 35,076