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旁觀者清

pángguānzhěqīng

ㄆㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄓㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄥ

Simplified 旁观者清

  1. 1an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
Example

旁觀者清,當局者迷。

pángguānzhěqīng dāngjú zhě mí

The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.

Keep 旁觀者清 and it comes back until you know it.

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