乐昌破镜 — Chinese idiom
乐昌破镜
Lè chāng pò jìng
Traditional: 樂昌破鏡
Meaning
- (lit.) the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 乐昌公主 (Lè chāng Gōng zhǔ) (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.)
- (fig.) the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
Character by character
- 乐Lècheerful, happy, laughing; music
- 昌chāngsunlight; good, proper; prosperous
- 破pòto break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
- 镜jìngmirror, glass; lens, glasses
Idioms sharing a character
- 何乐不为 hé lè bù wéi
- 助人为乐 zhù rén wéi lè
- 及时行乐 jí shí xíng lè
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 喜闻乐见 xǐ wén lè jiàn
- 安居乐业 ān jū lè yè
- 安贫乐道 ān pín lè dào
- 寻欢作乐 xún huān zuò lè
- 幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò
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