旁觀者清

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

Character by character

• 旁(páng)one side
• 觀(guān)look at
• 者(zhě)(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 清(qīng)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China