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Used in modern times for divorced couples that come back together
破鏡重圓 is about a husband and wife who were separated and reunited.
About 1500 years ago in China, there lived a beautiful princess named Le Chang. She and her husband Xu De Yan loved each other very much. But when the army of the Sui Dynasty was about to attack their kingdom, disposed of all of their worldly possessions and prepared to flee into exile.
They knew that in the chaos, they might lose track of each other, so the one possession they kept was a bronze mirror which is a symbol of unity for a husband and wife. They broke the mirror into two pieces, and each of them kept half of the mirror. They decided that if separated, they would try to meet at the fair during the 15th day of the first lunar month (which is the lantern festival). Unfortunately, the occupation was brutal, and the princess was forced to become the mistress of the new commissioner of the territory, Yang Su.
At the Lantern Festival the next year, the husband came to the fair to search for his wife. He carried with him his half of the mirror. As he walked through the fair, he saw the other half of the mirror for sale at a junk market by a servant of the commissioner. The husband recognized his wife's half of the mirror immediately, and tears rolled down his face as he was told by the servant about the bitter and loveless life that the princess had endured.
As his tears dripped onto the mirror, the husband scratched a poem into his wife's half of the mirror:
You left me with the severed mirror,
The mirror has returned, but absent are you,
As I gaze in the mirror, I seek your face,
I see the moon, but as for you, I see not a trace.
The servant brought the inscribed half of the mirror back to the princess. For many days, the princess could not stop crying when she found that her husband was alive and still loved her.
Commissioner Yang Su, becoming aware of this saga, realized that he could never obtain the princess's love. He sent for the husband and allowed them to reunite.
This proverb, 破鏡重圓, is now used to describe a couple who has been torn apart for some reason (usually divorce) but have come back together (or remarried).
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
代 see styles |
dài dai4 tai dai だい |
More info & calligraphy: Dynasty(n,n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (n,n-suf) (2) generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; (n,n-suf) (3) {geol} era; (n,n-suf) (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (n,n-suf) (5) (used after a phone number) (See 代表電話番号) switchboard number; (counter) (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (counter) (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (counter) (8) (abbreviation) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company; (9) (abbreviation) (used in dictionaries, etc.) (See 代名詞・1) pronoun; (surname) Daisaki Instead of, in place of, acting for, for; e. g. 代香 to offer incense in place of another; a generation, v. 世代. |
周 see styles |
zhōu zhou1 chou shuu / shu しゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Chow / Zhou(counter) (1) counter for laps or circuits; (2) {math} perimeter; (3) (hist) Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (female given name) Meguru Around, on every side, complete. |
唐 see styles |
táng tang2 t`ang tang tou / to とう |
More info & calligraphy: Donn(1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki for nothing |
旅 see styles |
lǚ lu:3 lü ryo りょ |
More info & calligraphy: Journey / Travel(hist) 500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army); (surname) Taya |
明 see styles |
míng ming2 ming mei / me めい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright(1) (ant: 暗) brightness; (2) discernment; insight; an eye (for); (3) (See 明を失う) eyesight; vision; (prefix) (4) (abbreviation) (See 明治) nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30); (surname) Meishuu vidyā, knowledge. ming means bright, clear, enlightenment, intp. by 智慧 or 聰明 wisdom, wise; to understand. It represents Buddha-wisdom and its revelation; also the manifestation of a Buddha's light or effulgence; it is a term for 眞言 because the 'true word' can destroy the obscurity of illusion; the 'manifestation' of the power of the object of worship; it means also dhāraṇīs or mantras of mystic wisdom. Also, the Ming dynasty A. D. 1368-1644. |
泰 see styles |
tài tai4 t`ai tai tai タイ |
More info & calligraphy: Tey(kana only) Thailand; (given name) Yutaka The Ch'in state and dynasty 255-205 B. C.; Prosperous, exalted; many. |
清 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Clarity(hist) Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (personal name) Seiji |
秦 see styles |
qín qin2 ch`in chin shin; hatashin しん; はたしん |
More info & calligraphy: Qin / Chin / Tan / Yasushi(hist) Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty; (surname) Yasushi a fine strain of rice |
虢 see styles |
guó guo2 kuo |
More info & calligraphy: Guo |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
More info & calligraphy: Gold / Metal(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money. |
陳 陈 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chin ちん |
More info & calligraphy: Chan(1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) Tran Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale. |
劉備 刘备 see styles |
liú bèi liu2 bei4 liu pei ryuubi / ryubi りゅうび |
More info & calligraphy: Liu Bei(person) Liu Bei (161-223) |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù yin4 du4 yin tu indo いんど |
More info & calligraphy: India(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India 印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達. |
司徒 see styles |
sī tú si1 tu2 ssu t`u ssu tu shito しと |
More info & calligraphy: Stu(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China) |
司馬 司马 see styles |
sī mǎ si1 ma3 ssu ma shiba しば |
More info & calligraphy: Sima(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China); (given name) Shime |
啟蒙 启蒙 see styles |
qǐ méng qi3 meng2 ch`i meng chi meng |
More info & calligraphy: Enlightenment |
安息 see styles |
ān xī an1 xi1 an hsi ansoku あんそく |
More info & calligraphy: Sleep / Rest / Repose(n,vs,vi) rest; repose (安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest. |
岳飛 岳飞 see styles |
yuè fēi yue4 fei1 yüeh fei gakuhi がくひ |
More info & calligraphy: Yue Fei(personal name) Gakuhi |
班固 see styles |
bān gù ban1 gu4 pan ku hanko はんこ |
More info & calligraphy: Hanko(surname) Hanko |
老子 see styles |
lǎo zi lao3 zi5 lao tzu roushi / roshi ろうし |
More info & calligraphy: Lao Tzu / LaoziLaozi; Lao Tzu; Lao Tse; (person) Laozi (semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and deity); Lao Tzu; Lao Tse Laozi, or Laocius, the accepted founder of the Daoists. The theory that his soul went to India and was reborn as the Buddha is found in the 齊書 History of the Qi dynasty 顧歡傳. |
華佗 华佗 see styles |
huà tuó hua4 tuo2 hua t`o hua to kada かだ |
More info & calligraphy: Hua Tuo(personal name) Kada |
韓國 韩国 see styles |
hán guó han2 guo2 han kuo kankoku かんこく |
South Korea (Republic of Korea); Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2]; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 (personal name) Kankoku |
魏徵 魏征 see styles |
wèi zhēng wei4 zheng1 wei cheng |
More info & calligraphy: Wei Zheng |
淨土宗 净土宗 see styles |
jìng tǔ zōng jing4 tu3 zong1 ching t`u tsung ching tu tsung Jōdo Shū |
Pure Land Buddhism The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan. |
菩提樹 菩提树 see styles |
pú tí shù pu2 ti2 shu4 p`u t`i shu pu ti shu bodaiju; bodaiju ぼだいじゅ; ボダイジュ |
More info & calligraphy: The Tree of Enlightenment / The Bodhi Tree(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there. |
西遊記 西游记 see styles |
xī yóu jì xi1 you2 ji4 hsi yu chi saiyuuki; seiyuuki / saiyuki; seyuki さいゆうき; せいゆうき |
More info & calligraphy: Journey to the West(1) (work) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (2) (work) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (3) (work) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (4) (work) Saiyūki (2006 TV series); (wk) Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature); (wk) Alakazam the Great (1960 animated film); (wk) Monkey (1978-1980 TV series); Monkey Magic; (wk) Saiyūki (2006 TV series) |
俑 see styles |
yǒng yong3 yung you / yo よう |
wooden figures buried with the dead (hist) (See 俑を作る) terra-cotta figure (in Qin dynasty tombs in China) |
僞 伪 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei gi |
variant of 偽|伪[wei3] False, counterfeit, forged. False or forged sūtras which were produced after the Wei dynasty; catalogues of these forged sūtras are given in various books. |
元 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan yuan ユアン |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon (kana only) (See 元・げん・3) yuan (monetary unit of China) (chi: yuán); (given name) Motoyasu Beginning, first, original, head; dollar; Mongol (dynasty). |
冔 see styles |
xǔ xu3 hsü |
cap of Yin dynasty |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Broken Mirror Rejoined | 破鏡重圓 破镜重圆 | pò jìng chóng yuán po4 jing4 chong2 yuan2 po jing chong yuan pojingchongyuan | p`o ching ch`ung yüan pochingchungyüan po ching chung yüan |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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