壁上觀

Chinese

		wall; rampart	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (壁上觀)		壁	上	觀
simp. (壁上观)		壁	上	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshàngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshàngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìshàngguan
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shang⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: bì-shàng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshanqguan
    • Palladius: бишангуань (bišanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/

Idiom

壁上觀

1. to stand back; to observe only and not take sides

Synonyms

• 作壁上觀／作壁上观 (zuòbìshàngguān)