身临其境 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

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

Character by character

• 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
• 临línto draw near, to approach; to descend
• 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
• 境jìngboundary, frontier; area, region

Idioms sharing a character

• 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
• 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
• 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
• 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
• 以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ
• 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
• 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
• 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
• 奋不顾身 fèn bù gù shēn
• 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng

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