汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 坐觀成敗
坐觀成敗 (坐观成败)
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence
Watching others' success or failure coldly
对别人的成功或失败采取旁观态度。
zuò () guān/guàn chéng () bài
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

但我可做不到保皇小游戏坐观成败

But I can't just sit back and watch either.

他表面上保持中立,其实是在坐观成败

He remained neutral on the surface, but Actually he was looking on coldly.

来自EstablishBrazil的Husam Abboud,是一位公司设立的专家,其指出巴西风格的直接效果:只是试图为公司或外国人注册一人有限公司,之后坐观成败

Husam Abboud of Establish Brazil, a company-formation specialist, is thinking of Brazilian-style direct action: simply trying to register an Eireli for a firm or a foreigner, and seeing what happens.