旁观者 (旁觀者) pángguānzhě

pángguānzhě noun an observer; a spectator
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '旁觀者'; Guoyu '旁觀者')

Contained in

• 当局者迷，旁观者清(當局者迷，旁觀者清) The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear . The onlooker sees more of the game.
• 旁观者清(旁觀者清) the person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear; the spectator sees more of the game

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二百九十七 列傳第一百八十五 孝義二 Volume 297 Biographies 185: Filial Acts 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷二百八十三 列傳第一百七十一 儒林二 Volume 283 Biographies 171: Confucian Scholars 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 旁观者咸 (旁觀者鹹) 道旁觀者鹹嘆息 — History of Ming 明史, 卷二百八十三 列傳第一百七十一 儒林二 Volume 283 Biographies 171: Confucian Scholars 2 — count: 2