情人眼里有西施 qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu xī shī

beauty is in the eye of the lover

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder

Characters

Character Meaning
情 qíng HSK 2
feeling; emotion; situation
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
眼 yǎn HSK 2
eye; crux (of a matter); small hole
里 lǐ HSK 1
inside; interior; internal
有 yǒu HSK 1
to have; there is; there are
西 xī HSK 1
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙xī bān yá
施 shī HSK 5
to carry out; to give; to grant