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)

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

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

variant of 岸[an4]

bank; shore; beach; coast / CL:個|个[ge4]

surname Guan

to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform

penetrating (vision)