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Definition(s) for: 坐山观虎斗

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坐山观虎斗 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu - lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom)
- fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 82,269 83,735

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
坐 zuò- surname Zuo
坐 zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]
山 shān- surname Shan
山 shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
观 guàn- surname Guan
观 guān- to look at
- to watch
- to observe
- to behold
- to advise
- concept
- point of view
- outlook
观 guàn- Taoist monastery
- palace gate watchtower
- platform
虎 hǔ- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
斗 dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
斗 dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
斗 dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
斗 dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗 dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

Other Words Containing 坐山观虎斗

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