Chinese word dictionary

坐以待毙

zuò yǐ dài bì · to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

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Word information

Simplified坐以待毙

Traditional坐以待斃

Pinyinzuò yǐ dài bì

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

坐zuò

seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

以yǐ

according to; so as to; because of; then

待dài

to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait

毙bì

to kill; to die a violent death

How to learn 坐以待毙

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可以kěyǐ

can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

坐zuò

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

所以suǒyǐ

therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

以后yǐhòu

after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

以前yǐqián

before; formerly; previous; ago

以上yǐshàng

that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.