分钗破镜
fēn​chāi​pò​jìng

divorce

  • created reference approved 分钗破镜/分釵破鏡 → 分钗断带/分釵斷帶 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分钗破镜 / 分釵破鏡 fēn​chāi​pò​jìng

    分钗断带 / 分釵斷帶 fēn​chāi​duàn​dài

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 分钗破镜/分釵破鏡 · fēn​chāi​pò​jìng · divorce — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    分钗破镜 / 分釵破鏡

    fēn​chāi​pò​jìng

    divorce

    (idiom) separation of a couple; literal meaning is a hairpin split in two and a mirror smashed to pieces; used to symbolize the breaking of a marriage

    分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to divide 钗 (literal) → 钗/釵 · chāi · hairpin 破镜 (literal) → 破镜/破鏡 · pò​jìng · broken marriage

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense