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坐视

zuò shì

2-character word Traditional 坐視

What 坐视 means

1. to stand by and watch; to look on passively

The characters in 坐视

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at

Words starting with 坐视

• 坐视不理zuò shì bù lǐto sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read zuò shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做事to work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 作势to adopt an attitude; to strike a posture
• 作誓to pledge