Word Meaning 拱手傍観

きょうしゅぼうかん kyoushuboukan

拱手傍観 is read as きょうしゅぼうかん (kyoushuboukan) and means stand idly by and watch.

Meaning

English

  1. stand idly by and watch

Reading

Kana

きょうしゅぼうかん

Romaji

kyoushuboukan

Writing Variants

  • 拱手傍観 こうしゅぼうかん koushuboukan

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Yojijukugo Rank 154201 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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袖手傍観

しゅうしゅぼうかん

looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves)

拱手

きょうしゅ

bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute)

拱手

こうしゅ

folding one's arms

傍観

ぼうかん

looking on

千手観音

せんじゅかんのん

thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara

傍観的

ぼうかんてき

hands-off

傍観者

ぼうかんしゃ

onlooker

客観

きゃっかん

objectivity

外観

がいかん

outward appearance

先入観

せんにゅうかん

preconception

悲観

ひかん

pessimism

主観

しゅかん

one's personal opinion