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情人眼裏有西施
  cing4 jan4 ngaan5 leoi5 jau5 sai1 si1   jyutping
  qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 you3 xi1 shi1   pinyin
beauty is in the eye of the beholder

西施 is famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the Four legendary beauties 美女
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
情人眼裏有西施 / 情人眼里有西施

This word has been viewed 1583 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 21st Feb 2010 01:47 and last edited on 10th Jul 2014 23:50
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Characters in this word:

 cing4  -  emotion, love, sentiment
 jan4  -  person; human being
 ngaan5  -  eye
 leoi5 lei5  -  inside; inner; in; at; during
 jau5 jau6  -  have; there is
西  sai1  -  west
 si1  -  bestow; bring into effect
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