情人眼里出西施
Traditional: 情人眼裡出西施Dictionary entry
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
What does 情人眼里出西施 mean?
情人眼里出西施 (qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion · (bound form) situation; condition人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur西Xīthe West · abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]施Shīsurname Shi
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