旁观者清
páng guān zhě qīng
Pinyin

Definition

旁观者清
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páng guān zhě qīng
  1. The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
gào mì zhě
  1. 1 tell-tale
  2. 2 informer (esp. to police)
  3. 3 whistleblower
  4. 4 grass
huàn zhě
  1. 1 patient
  2. 2 sufferer
huò zhě
  1. 1 or
  2. 2 possibly
  3. 3 maybe
  4. 4 perhaps
páng
  1. 1 beside
  2. 2 one side
  3. 3 other
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 self
  6. 6 the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
páng biān
  1. 1 lateral
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 to the side
  4. 4 beside
Qīng
  1. 1 Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)
  2. 2 surname Qing
Qīng xīn
  1. 1 Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
qīng xī
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
qīng xī dù
  1. 1 definition
  2. 2 sharpness
  3. 3 clarity
qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
qīng jié
  1. 1 clean
  2. 2 to clean
qīng xǐng
  1. 1 clear-headed
  2. 2 sober
  3. 3 awake
zhě
  1. 1 (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
  2. 2 (after a noun) person involved in ...
  3. 3 -er
  4. 4 -ist
  5. 5 (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
  6. 6 (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
  7. 7 (old) (used at the end of a command)
  8. 8 (old) this
jì zhě
  1. 1 reporter
  2. 2 journalist
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
gāo qīng
  1. 1 high definition (television etc)
  2. 2 high fidelity (audio)
yī páng
  1. 1 aside
  2. 2 to the side of
shǐ yòng zhě
  1. 1 user

Idioms (20)

一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
仁者见仁,智者见智
rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì
  1. 1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
  2. 2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)
来者不善,善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
  1. 1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
  2. 2 all comers welcome
两袖清风
liǎng xiù qīng fēng
  1. 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
  2. 2 uncorrupted
  3. 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
  1. 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
扬清激浊
yáng qīng jī zhuó
  1. 1 lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
  2. 2 eliminate vice and exalt virtue
揽辔澄清
lǎn pèi chéng qīng
  1. 1 to assume one's post with the aspiration of bringing about peace and order to the nation (idiom)
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有很多事情,是当局者迷旁观者清。往往很深的矛盾需要经过旁人的点拨后才能化解。而且经过电视上这样公开调解后,也能让观众对一些事情提高警惕,防范类似的事情发生。
yǒu hěn duō shìqing ,shì dāngjúzhěmí pángguānzhě qīng 。wǎngwǎng hěn shēn de máodùn xūyào jīngguò pángrén de diǎnbō hòu cái néng huàjiě 。érqiě jīngguò diànshì shang zhèyàng gōngkāi tiáojiě hòu ,yě néng ràng guānzhòng duì yīxiē shìqing tígāo jǐngtì ,fángfàn lèisì de shìqing fāshēng 。
There are many situations where someone who isn't involved directly in a situation can provide an objective view of the situation. Often there are deep contradictions that require instruction from someone outside the situation in order to be resolved. Also, after going through this kind of public mediation on TV, it can make viewers more aware of these things and prevent these kinds of things from happening.
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