Chinese-English Dictionary

Dictionary entries for 情人眼里有西施
西
西
{ qíng rén yǎn yǒu Shī }
In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder

qíng
feeling emotion passion situation
rén
man person people CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
yǎn
eye (classifier for big hollow things:well, stove, pot etc) CL:雙|双[shuang1]

lining interior inside internal also written 裡|里 [li3]

lining interior inside internal also written 裏|里 [li3]

Li (surname)

li (Chinese mile) 500 meters (modern) home hometown village neighborhood administrative unit
yǒu
to have there is there are to exist to be

west the West Spain (abbr.) Spanish
shī
to distribute (alms) to do to execute to carry out surname Shi




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