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親眼目睹

简亲眼目睹 · 繁親眼目睹

Mandarin · pinyin qīn yǎn mù dǔ

to see for oneself
to see with one's own eyes

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親: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
目: mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
睹: dǔ · look at, gaze at; observe
亲: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree

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1–3–4–3 · qin1 yan3 mu4 du3

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(idiomatic) to see with one's own eyes; to witness personally

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