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身臨其境

简身临其境 · 繁身臨其境

Mandarin · pinyin shēn lín qí jìng

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

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身: shēn · body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
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其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
临: lín · draw near, approach; descend

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1–2–2–4 · shen1 lin2 qi2 jing4

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(idiomatic) to be personally on the scene; to be in a place or situation in person

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