旁觀者清

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

CEDICT

局外人對事情的觀察，往往比當事人還要清楚。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 旁觀者 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

當局者迷，旁觀者清 dāngjúzhěmí,pángguānzhěqīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved

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當局者迷，旁觀者清 dāngjúzhěmí,pángguānzhěqīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved