旁观者清

páng guān zhě qīng

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1. an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)

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Words Containing 旁观者清

• 当局者迷，旁观者清 当局者迷，旁观者清 dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng: (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved

Child Words of 旁观者清

• 旁 旁 páng: one side
• 旁观 旁观 páng guān: spectator
• 清 清 qīng: (of water etc) clear; clean
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 旁观者 旁观者 páng guān zhě: observer
• 观 观 guān: to look at
• 观 观 guàn: Taoist monastery