隔岸观火

to watch the fires burning across the river / to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)

Characters and words in 隔岸观火

to separate / to partition / to stand or lie between / at a distance from / after or at an interval of

= + : The pope (阝) and Guy Fawkes (g) are heating hotpot from an iron cauldron (鬲) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). Since Guy Fawkes likes to eat hot and spicy but the pope only eats light food, they separated (隔) the hotpot accordingly.
variant of 岸[an4]
bank; shore; beach; coast / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + + : Albert Einstein (Ø) opened a popup store in the anthill's bathroom (an4). First, he heaped up a sandy beach (岸) and then set up dried fruits (干) moving into a chocolate factory (厂) on a conveyor belt. Now he's selling the chocolate covered dried fruits on forks (山).
surname Guan
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

= + : In front of the anthill several surveillance cameras are closely observing Gitta Giraffe's boxing training progress. She also closely watches the cameras and practices her punches until she is ready to box every one of them into oblivion.
Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform
penetrating (vision)
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

Words with 隔岸观火

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Sentences with 隔岸观火

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