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情人眼裡出西施

lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Characters and words in 情人眼裡出西施

qíng = qi + (e)ng2
feeling / emotion / passion / situation
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lover / sweetheart
rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
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= li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
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chū = chu + Ø1
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
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chū = chu + Ø1
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西
= xi + Ø1
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish
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Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nü3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
shī = sh + Ø1
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shī = sh + Ø1
(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)
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Words with 情人眼裡出西施

情人眼裡出西施 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 情人眼裡出西施

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