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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 旁观者清

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
旁观者清 páng guān zhě qīng - an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 39,453 67,077 39,456

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
páng- one side
- other
- different
- lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
guàn- surname Guan
guān- to look at
- to watch
- to observe
- to behold
- to advise
- concept
- point of view
- outlook
guàn- Taoist monastery
- palace gate watchtower
- platform
zhě- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- (after a noun) person involved in ...
- -er
- -ist
- (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
- (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
- (old) (used at the end of a command)
- (old) this
qīng- Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911)
- surname Qing
qīng- (of water etc) clear; clean
- quiet; still
- pure; uncorrupted
- clear; distinct
- to clear; to settle (accounts)

Other Words Containing 旁观者清

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
旁观者清 - - 39,453 67,077 39,456