"lookers-on see most of the game" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=lookers-on see most of the game}} lookers-on see most of the game
  1. Those who do not participate in an event observe or experience it more of it than the participants. Translations (those who do not participate in an event see more of it than the participants): 當局者迷，旁觀者清 (Chinese), 当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí, pángguān zhě qīng) (Chinese), 当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāng jù zhě mí, páng guān zhě qīng) (Chinese), 岡目八目 (okamehachimoku) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-lookers-on_see_most_of_the_game-en-proverb-pLGredWV Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English proverbs

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