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Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water
鏡花水月 is an old Asian proverb that means “flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake” or “flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface.”
Literally, 鏡花水月 reads “Mirror Flower, Water Moon.”
Figuratively this can be used to represent a lot of different ideas. It can be used to express an unrealistic rosy view or viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles. So you can use it to relay an idea about something that is visible but has no substance,
something that can be seen but not touched, or something beautiful but unattainable such as dreams or a mirage.
This expression is used to describe things like the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words.
鏡 = Mirror (or lens)
花 = Flower(s)
水 = Water
月 = Moon
Can also be written 水月鏡花 (just a slight change in word/character order).
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Beauty in All Things search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
物の哀れ see styles |
mononoaware もののあわれ mononoahare もののあはれ |
More info & calligraphy: Mono no Aware |
鏡花水月 镜花水月 see styles |
jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 ching hua shui yüeh kyoukasuigetsu / kyokasuigetsu きょうかすいげつ |
More info & calligraphy: Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water(yoji) flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words |
耽美 see styles |
dān měi dan1 mei3 tan mei tanbi たんび |
(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things; (personal name) Tanbi |
物のあはれ see styles |
mononoahare もののあはれ |
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (exp,n) (kana only) mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense |
物のあわれ see styles |
mononoaware もののあわれ |
(exp,n) (kana only) mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense |
天に二物を与えられた see styles |
tenninibutsuoataerareta てんににぶつをあたえられた |
(expression) (See 才色兼備) gifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence) |
Variations: |
mononoaware(物no哀re, 物noaware); mononoahare(物no哀re, 物noahare)(ok) もののあわれ(物の哀れ, 物のあわれ); もののあはれ(物の哀れ, 物のあはれ)(ok) |
(exp,n) (kana only) mono no aware; appreciation of the fleeting nature of beauty; pathos of things; strong aesthetic sense |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water | 鏡花水月 镜花水月 | kyou ka sui getsu kyoukasuigetsu kyo ka sui getsu | jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 jing hua shui yue jinghuashuiyue | ching hua shui yüeh chinghuashuiyüeh |
| 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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