袖手旁观
Meanings
1. to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
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你 要是 不 答应 的话, 我 就 袖手旁观。
If you don't make the promise, then I'll just stand by and watch.
只要 好人 袖手旁观, 恶人 就 会 得胜。
As long as good people do nothing, evil will triumph.