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坐以待斃 (zo6 ji5 doi6 bai6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

坐以待斃 (zo6 ji5 doi6 bai6, zuò yǐ dài bì) — to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 坐一望二 (zo6 jat1 mong6 ji6) — one not faraway from victory or reaching one's goal
• 坐不住 (co5 bat1 zyu6) — cannot sit still; properly
• 坐低 (zo5 dai1) — (verb) to sit down
• 坐唔定 (co5 m4 ding6) — cannot sit still
• 坐埋一條船 (co5 maai4 jat1 tiu4 syun4) — sitting on the same boat; to be on the same boat; to be in the same situation
• 坐夜 (co5 je2) — to be a night watch

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