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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
旁观者清
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 旁观者清 actually appears in real sentences.
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ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 旁观者清
What does 旁观者清 mean in Chinese?
旁观者清 (pángguānzhěqīng) means an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom).
How do you pronounce 旁观者清?
旁观者清 is pronounced pángguānzhěqīng.
Is 旁观者清 an HSK word?
旁观者清 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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