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 jìng huā shuǐ yuè

 kyou ka sui getsu

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

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Can also be written 水月鏡花 (just a slight change in word/character order).

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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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