镜花水月
jìng​huā​shuǐ​yuè

an illusion

  • created reference approved 镜花水月/鏡花水月 → 水月镜花/水月鏡花 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镜花水月 / 鏡花水月 jìng​huā​shuǐ​yuè

    水月镜花 / 水月鏡花 shuǐ​yuè​jìng​huā

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 镜花水月/鏡花水月 · jìng​huā​shuǐ​yuè · an illusion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镜花水月 / 鏡花水月

    jìng​huā​shuǐ​yuè

    an illusion

    Flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in water; used to describe something that is beautiful but unreal or unattainable, such as an unrealistic rosy view.

    镜 (literal) → 镜/鏡 · jìng · mirror 花 (literal) → 花 · huā · flower 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 月 (literal) → 月 · yuè · moon

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

    created sense