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旁观

páng guān

2-character word Traditional 旁觀

What 旁观 means

1. spectator
2. non-participant

The characters in 旁观

• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe

Example sentences

• 旁观者清，当局者迷。
  Pángguānzhě qīng, dāngjúzhě mí.
  The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.
• 你要是不答应的话，我就袖手旁观。
  Nǐ yàoshi bù dāying dehuà, wǒ jiù xiùshǒupángguān.
  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。
  Zhǐyào hǎo rén xiùshǒupángguān, èrén jiù huì déshèng.
  As long as good people do nothing, evil will triumph.
• 他在仅仅是在一旁旁观，而没有去阻止争吵。
  Tā zài jǐnjǐn shì zài yīpáng pángguān, ér méiyǒu qù zǔzhǐ zhēngchǎo.
  He just looked on and didn't stop the quarrel.

Words starting with 旁观

• 旁观者páng guān zhěobserver; spectator
• 旁观者清páng guān zhě qīngan outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)

Words containing 旁观

• 袖手旁观xiù shǒu páng guānto watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
• 冷眼旁观lěng yǎn páng guān(idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander…
• 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