情人眼里出西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī

beauty is in the eye of the lover

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西xī shī (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Characters

Character Meaning
feeling; emotion; situation
person; people; man
eye; crux (of a matter); small hole
inside; interior; internal
to go out; to come out
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西xī bān yá
to carry out; to give; to grant