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鏡花水月 (geng3 faa1 seoi2 jyut6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

鏡花水月 (geng3 faa1 seoi2 jyut6, jìng huā shuǐ yuè) — lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 鏡屏 (geng3 ping4) — a full length free standing mirror
• 鏡 (geng3) — (noun) (for eyes) Glasses; mirror; lens; glass
• 鏡面 (geng3 min6) — surface of a mirror
• 鏡錫 (geng6 sek3) — to take good care of [colloquial]
• 鏡 (geng2) — glasses
• 鏡像 (geng3 zoeng6) — mirror image

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