身臨其境 shēn lín qí jìng

DEFINITIONS

  1. (idiom) to experience it for oneself
  2. to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)

CHARACTERS

身 shēn
HSK 2
body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158
臨 lín draw near, approach; descend
其 qí
HSK 3
his, her, its, their; that
境 jìng
HSK 3
boundary, frontier; area, region