Chinese

		lover; sweetheart		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	Xi Shi
trad. (情人眼裡出西施/情人眼裏出西施)		情人	眼裡/眼裏	出	西施
simp. (情人眼里出西施)		情人	眼里	出	西施
Literally: “in the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi (one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China) appears”.

Proverb

情人眼裡出西施

1. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Synonyms

• 情人眼中出西施

See also

• 閉月羞花／闭月羞花 (bìyuèxiūhuā)
• 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)