皇帝不急太监急
huáng​dì​bù​jí​tài​jiàn​jí

observers are more anxious than those involved

  1. 皇帝 huáng​dì noun
    emperor
    the supreme ruler of an empire; specifically used in China from the Qin dynasty onward
  2. 不 bù adverb
    not
    Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
  3. 急 jí verbadjective
    anxious
    worried; flustered; impatient
  4. 太监 太監 tài​jiàn
    eunuch
    A palace eunuch who served the emperor and his family; also used as a general term for all eunuchs in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
  5. 急 jí verbadjective
    anxious
    worried; flustered; impatient