旁观 (旁觀)
páng guān
Pinyin

Definition

旁观 (旁觀)
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páng guān
  1. spectator
  2. non-participant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

旁
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
旁边
páng biān
  1. 1 lateral
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 to the side
  4. 4 beside
一旁
yī páng
  1. 1 aside
  2. 2 to the side of
旁人
páng rén
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 bystanders
  3. 3 onlookers
  4. 4 outsiders
旁白
páng bái
  1. 1 aside (theater)
  2. 2 voice-over
  3. 3 background narration

Idioms (6)

拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (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)
旁观者清
páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
  1. 1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
  2. 2 dissident group
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.

Sample Sentences

置身事外，用一个旁观者的眼光来看待这些繁杂的思绪，看着它们起灭，但不做任何判断，任凭思绪来去就好，不要跟随思绪游走，注意力柔和地专注在一点。
zhìshēnshìwài ，yòng yī gè pángguānzhě de yǎnguāng lái kàndài zhèxiē fánzá de sīxù ，kàn zhe tāmen qǐmiè ，dàn bù zuò rènhé pànduàn ，rènpíng sīxù láiqù jiù hǎo ，bù yào gēnsuí sīxù yóuzǒu ，zhùyìlì róuhé de zhuānzhù zài yīdiǎn 。
Try and remove yourself from things, and try to look at these complex emotions from the perspective of an observer, watch them as they form and extinguish, but don't make any judgements, just let them come and go, and don't follow them as they go, set your focus gently on one spot.
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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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