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坐以待斃

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

Characters and words in 坐以待斃

zuò = zu + o4
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]
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= y + Ø3
old variant of 以[yi3]
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= y + Ø3
= y + Ø3
abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
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= y + Ø3
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
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dāi = d + ai1
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dài = d + ai4
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
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to await death / to be a sitting duck
= bi + Ø4
to die / to shoot dead / to reject / to fall forward / (suffix) to death
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Words with 坐以待斃

坐以待斃 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 坐以待斃

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