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坐以待毙

zuò yǐ dài bì

4-character word Traditional 坐以待斃

What 坐以待毙 means

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

The characters in 坐以待毙

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 毙bìto die; to shoot dead; to reject

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