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Beauty in All Things in Chinese / Japanese...

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Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water

 jìng huā shuǐ yuè
 kyou ka sui getsu
Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water Scroll

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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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
(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

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
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
(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:
物の哀れ
物のあはれ
物のあわれ

 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 CharactersRomaji (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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