情人眼裡出西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

情 qíng
HSK 2
feeling, sentiment, emotion
人 rén
HSK 1
man; people; mankind; someone else
眼 yǎn
HSK 2
eye; eyelet, hole, opening
裡 lǐ inside, interior, within
出 chū
HSK 1
go out, send out; stand; produce
西 xī
HSK 1
west(ern); westward, occident
施 shī
HSK 5
grant, bestow; give; act; name