"隔岸觀火" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 隔岸观火 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 認為這件事和自己沒有關係,袖手旁觀 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-隔岸觀火-zh-phrase--gjcXWND
  2. 使敵方內部矛盾區域激化和表面化,等待暴動,造成敵人自取滅亡的戰略
    Sense id: zh-隔岸觀火-zh-phrase-DXSkrGYe Categories (other): 漢語 軍事 Topics: military
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "三十六計",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「岸」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「火」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「觀」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「隔」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "隔岸观火",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "河的對岸看對面的火災",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "認為這件事和自己沒有關係,袖手旁觀"
      ],
      "id": "zh-隔岸觀火-zh-phrase--gjcXWND",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "漢語 軍事",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "使敵方內部矛盾區域激化和表面化,等待暴動,造成敵人自取滅亡的戰略"
      ],
      "id": "zh-隔岸觀火-zh-phrase-DXSkrGYe",
      "topics": [
        "military"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé-ànguanhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ko²-an⁴-kuan¹-huo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé-àn-gwān-hwǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gerannguanhuoo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gɛanʹguanʹxo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "гэаньгуаньхо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak ngohn gūn fó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak⁸ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gag³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "隔岸觀火"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "三十六計",
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「岸」的漢語詞",
    "帶「火」的漢語詞",
    "帶「觀」的漢語詞",
    "帶「隔」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "隔岸观火",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "河的對岸看對面的火災",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "認為這件事和自己沒有關係,袖手旁觀"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "漢語 軍事"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "使敵方內部矛盾區域激化和表面化,等待暴動,造成敵人自取滅亡的戰略"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé'ànguānhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄜˊ ㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé-ànguanhuǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ko²-an⁴-kuan¹-huo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gé-àn-gwān-hwǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gerannguanhuoo"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gɛanʹguanʹxo",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "гэаньгуаньхо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɤ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak ngohn gūn fó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaak⁸ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gag³ ngon⁶ gun¹ fo²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːk̚³ ŋɔːn²² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "隔岸觀火"
}

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