坐以待斃

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	to await death; to be a sitting duck
trad. (坐以待斃)		坐	以	待斃
simp. (坐以待毙)		坐	以	待毙
Literally: “to sit and wait for one's death”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòyǐdàibì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòyǐdàibì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòyǐdàibì
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-i³-tai⁴-pi⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-yǐ-dài-bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohyiidaybih
    • Palladius: цзоидайби (czoidajbi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶
    • Yale: joh yíh doih baih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ ji⁵ doi⁶ bai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ yi⁵ doi⁶ bei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² jiː¹³ tɔːi̯²² pɐi̯²²/

Idiom

坐以待斃

1. to do nothing in face of peril or impending disasters