汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
情人眼里出西施
(情人眼裡出西施)
lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xi1 shi1] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
The metaphor is that because of feelings, there is nothing beautiful about each other
见"情人眼里有西施"。
情 qíng 人 rén 眼 yǎn 里 (裏) lǐ 出 chū 西 xī 施 shī
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

“情人眼里出西施”一点也不假。

"Eye of the beholder" is not false.

情人眼里出西施（美是主观感受）。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder = beauty is subjective

情人眼里出西施，仇人眼里出僵尸。

The eye of the beholder, the eyes of the zombie enemies.

一则是天缘，二来是“情人眼里出西施。”

It's partly fate, and partly a case of "Beauty is in the eye of beholder".

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