shēn lín qí jìngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to experience it for oneself / to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
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Original source entry:

身臨其境 身临其境 [shen1 lin2 qi2 jing4] /(idiom) to experience it for oneself/to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)/

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