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情人眼裡有西施

简情人眼里有西施 · 繁情人眼裡有西施

Mandarin · pinyin qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī

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

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情: qíng · feeling, sentiment, emotion
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
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有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
施: shī · grant, bestow; give; act; name
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

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2–2–3–3–3–1–1 · qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 you3 Xi1 shi1

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