| zuò | to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/surname Zuo |
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| 坐下 | sit down |
| 坐不下 | have not enough seats for; cannot seat |
| 坐不住 | feel uneasy |
| 坐不垂堂 | lit. don't sit under overhanging eaves (idiom); fig. don't stay in danger area |
| 坐井观天 | lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded |
| 坐享其成 | enjoy the fruits of others without having toiled |
| 坐以待旦 | sit and wait till dawn |
| 坐以待毙 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate |
| 坐位 | seat; sitting position |
| 坐便器 | pedestal type WC |
| 坐像 | seated image (of a Buddha or saint) |
| 坐具 | a thing to sit on; seat |
| 坐冷板凳 | to hold a title without the obligations of office to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience with a VIP to be out in the cold |
| 坐力 | see 後坐力|后坐力 |
| 坐功 | sit quietly |
| 坐化 | to die in a seated posture (Buddhism) |
| 坐卧不宁 | feel restless |
| 坐卧不安 | be on tenterhooks |
| 坐卧两用床 | a studio couch |