明镜高悬

Traditional form:

明鏡高懸

Pinyin (reading):

míngjìnggāoxuán

Definitions:

• perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 镜 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 悬 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 鏡 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 懸 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung