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镜花水月
jìng huā shuǐ yuè
What 镜花水月 means
- 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 水月镜花
The characters in 镜花水月
- 镜jìngmirror; lens
- 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
- 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
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