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镜花水月
jìng huā shuǐ yuè
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Definitions
- 1. lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom)
- 2. fig. an unrealistic rosy view
- 3. viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles
- 4. also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花