明镜

Traditional form:

明鏡

Pinyin (reading):

míngjìng

Definitions:

• mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)

Characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 镜 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses

Traditional characters:

• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
• 鏡 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses