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乐昌破镜

Traditional form:

樂昌破鏡

Pinyin (reading):

Lèchāngpòjìng

Definitions:

  • lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主／乐昌公主 ( Lèchāng Gōngzhǔ) (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom)
  • fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

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