身临其境
shēn​lín​qí​jìng

to experience for oneself

  • created sense approved 身临其境/身臨其境 · shēn​lín​qí​jìng · to experience for oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    身临其境 / 身臨其境

    shēn​lín​qí​jìng

    to experience for oneself

    (idiom) to be personally present in a place or situation; to experience something for oneself, as opposed to hearing or reading about it

    身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · self 临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to arrive 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · that 境 (literal) → 境 · jìng · place

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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