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旁观者清

páng guān zhě qīng

4-character word Traditional 旁觀者清

What 旁观者清 means

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

The characters in 旁观者清

• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted

Example sentences

• 旁观者清，当局者迷。
  Pángguānzhě qīng, dāngjúzhě mí.
  The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.

Words containing 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