lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
trad. 情人眼裡出西施
Also written 情人眼裡出西施【qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī】
Characters in this word
7情
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(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion, (bound form) situation; condition
- Pinyin
- qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3311 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
眼
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eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4324 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
出
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to go out; to come out, to arise; to occur, to produce; to yield, to go beyond; to exceed, (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result), classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 328 of 2500
西
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the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2], Spanish
- Pinyin
- Xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2156 of 2500
施
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surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8742 of 2500