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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

鏡花水月


镜花水月

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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

中秋

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zhōng qiū
    zhong1 qiu1
chung ch`iu
    chung chiu
 nakaaki / nakaki
    なかあき
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
15th day of the 8th lunar month; (surname) Nakaaki

月見

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 tsukimi
    つきみ
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar); (p,s,f) Tsukimi

観月

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 mizuki
    みづき
(noun/participle) (See 月見) moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar); (surname, female given name) Mizuki

月見酒

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 tsukimizake
    つきみざけ
sake for moon viewing parties

片月見

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 katatsukimi
    かたつきみ
moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

観月会

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 kangetsukai
    かんげつかい
(archaism) moon-viewing party

一月三舟

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yī yuè sān zhōu
    yi1 yue4 san1 zhou1
i yüeh san chou
 ichigetsu sanshū
The one moon represents Buddha, the three boats represent varying ways of viewing him, e.g. according as those in a anchored boat and those in two others sailing in opposite directions see different aspects of the moon, so is it in regard to the Buddha.

後の月見

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 nochinotsukimi
    のちのつきみ
(archaism) (See 後の月・のちのつき) moon-viewing on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month

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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