旁观者清

旁觀者清
pángguānzhěqīng
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)

CEDICT

局外人对事情的观察，往往比当事人还要清楚。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 旁观者 pángguānzhě
  1. observer
  2. spectator
2 清 qīng
  1. (of water etc) clear; clean
  2. quiet; still
  3. pure; uncorrupted
  4. clear; distinct
  5. to clear; to settle (accounts)

Containing this entry

当局者迷，旁观者清 dāngjúzhěmí,pángguānzhěqīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved

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当局者迷，旁观者清 dāngjúzhěmí,pángguānzhěqīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved