靜觀其變
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Chinese[edit]
still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving |
to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery |
his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) |
to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion | ||
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trad. (靜觀其變) | 靜 | 觀 | 其 | 變 | |
simp. (静观其变) | 静 | 观 | 其 | 变 | |
Literally: “to observe changes calmly”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
靜觀其變
- wait and see; see which way the cat jumps; to delay taking action based on the outcome of something else.