镜花水月 (鏡花水月)
jìng huā shuǐ yuè
Pinyin
Definition
镜花水月 (鏡花水月)
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- 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
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts