旁人 (páng rén) — other people; bystanders
Definition
Formal/literary 'other people, bystanders,' often paired with opinions or judgments. 别人 is the everyday default; 人家 can also mean 'they (as a social unit).'
pronoun
other peoplebystanders
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 旁人。páng rén De xián huà nǐ bú bì fàng zài xīn shàng.You don't need to take other people's gossip to heart.
- 旁人。Tā zuò shì cóng lái bú zài hu páng rén zěn me kàn.He never cares what other people think when he does things.
- ，旁人。Zhēng chǎo shí, páng rén zuì hǎo bú yào chā shǒu.When there's an argument, bystanders had better not get involved.
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