坐山观虎斗

sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight / watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

surname Guan

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

Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform

tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]

to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together

variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]

variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]