情人眼里出西施 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 feeling, sentiment, emotion
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
眼 yǎn eye; eyelet, hole, opening
里 lǐ unit of distance; village; lane
出 chū go out, send out; stand; produce
西 xī west(ern); westward, occident
施 shī grant, bestow; give; act; name