破镜重圆
pò jìng chóng yuán
Pinyin

Definition

破镜重圆
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pò jìng chóng yuán
  1. a shattered mirror put back together (idiom)
  2. (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew
  3. for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
破
pò
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
二重奏
èr chóng zòu
  1. 1 duet (in music)
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
加重
jiā zhòng
  1. 1 to make heavier
  2. 2 to emphasize
  3. 3 (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. 4 to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. 5 to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
厚重
hòu zhòng
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 thickset (body)
  4. 4 massive
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 extravagant
  7. 7 profound
  8. 8 dignified
多重
duō chóng
  1. 1 multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
尊重
zūn zhòng
  1. 1 to esteem
  2. 2 to respect
  3. 3 to honor
  4. 4 to value
  5. 5 eminent
  6. 6 serious
  7. 7 proper
慎重
shèn zhòng
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 careful
  3. 3 prudent
打破
dǎ pò
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to smash
拿破仑
Ná pò lún
  1. 1 variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Ná pò lún]
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
比重
bǐ zhòng
  1. 1 proportion
  2. 2 specific gravity
沉重
chén zhòng
  1. 1 heavy
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 critical
注重
zhù zhòng
  1. 1 to pay attention to
  2. 2 to emphasize
浓重
nóng zhòng
  1. 1 dense
  2. 2 thick
  3. 3 strong
  4. 4 rich (colors)
  5. 5 heavy (aroma)
  6. 6 deep (friendship)
  7. 7 profound (effect)
珍重
zhēn zhòng
  1. 1 precious
  2. 2 extremely valuable
  3. 3 (honorific) Please take good care of yourself!

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
  1. 1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
  2. 2 destitute and homeless
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. 1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)

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