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乐昌破镜

Lè chāng pò jìng

4-character word Traditional 樂昌破鏡

What 乐昌破镜 means

1. (lit.) the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang {乐昌公主|Lè chāng Gōng zhǔ} (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom)
2. (fig.) the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

The characters in 乐昌破镜

• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 镜jìngmirror; lens