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镜花水月

jìng huā shuǐ yuè

Definitions

  • 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