袖手旁观 袖手旁觀
xiù shǒu páng guān
HSK level: HSK 7–9
Meaning
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
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只要好人袖手旁观，恶人就会得胜。
Zhǐ yào hǎo rén xiù shǒu páng guān, è rén jiù huì dé shèng.
As long as good people do nothing, evil will triumph.