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明镜

míng jìng

2-character word Traditional 明鏡

What 明镜 means

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

Other readings

明镜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Míng jìngDer Spiegel

The characters in 明镜

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 镜jìngmirror; lens

Words starting with 明镜

• 明镜高悬míng jìng gāo xuánperspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read míng jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 明净bright and clean; luminous

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