旁观者

旁觀者
pángguānzhě
  1. observer
  2. spectator

CEDICT

onlooker; observer; spectator; bystander

Wiktionary

在一旁观看，而不介入其中的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 旁观 pángguān
  1. spectator
  2. non-participant
2 者 zhě
  1. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
  2. (after a noun) person involved in ...
  3. -er
  4. -ist
  5. (used after a number or 后 hòu or 前 qián to refer to sth mentioned previously)
  6. (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
  7. (old) (used at the end of a command)
  8. (old) this

Containing this entry

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

Related entries

观察人士 guānchárénshì observer
观察员 guāncháyuán observer
观察家 guānchájiā observer (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
观察者 guāncházhě observer
观测员 guāncèyuán
  1. observer
  2. spotter
观测者 guāncèzhě observer
旁观 pángguān
  1. spectator
  2. non-participant
他在仅仅是在一旁旁观，而没有去阻止争吵。

He just looked on and didn't stop the quarrel.

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