坐觀成敗 [ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄞˋ; zuo4 guan1 cheng2 bai4] to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides to sit on the fence ◄ ►