wài

common
idiom

Meaning of 局外

局外 means outside a chess/go game; not involved; outsider; unrelated party. Pronounced jú wài.

  • outside a chess/go game; not involved; outsider; unrelated party

Definitions & Examples

Zuò
wéi
wài
rén
 
hěn
nán
jiě
men
de
nèi
máo
dùn
 

As an outsider, I find it hard to understand their internal conflicts.

shì
bǎo
chí
lěng
jìng
 
wài
rén
de
shì
jiǎo
guān
chá
zhè
chǎng
zhēng
lùn
 

He tried to stay calm and observe the argument from an outsider's perspective.

yīng
gāi
zhì
shēn
shì
wài
 
yào
juǎn
zhè
chǎng
zhōng
rén
de
zhēng
dòu
 

You should stay out of it and not get involved in the struggle among those in the game.

Dāng
zhě
 
páng
guān
zhě
qīng
 
wài
rén
de
kàn
yǒu
shí
gèng
guān
 

Those involved are confused, while onlookers see clearly; an outsider's view can sometimes be more objective.

Zhè
běn
xiǎo
shuō
miáo
huì
le
jiā
 
ér
zhǔ
jué
zhèng
shì
zhè
de
wài
rén
 

This novel depicts a family secret, and the protagonist is precisely an outsider to this secret.