镜花水月
Traditional form:
鏡花水月
Pinyin (reading):
jìnghuāshuǐyuè
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 镜 - mirror, glass; lens, glasses
- 花 - flower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 月 - moon; month
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