"broken mirror" Chinese-English Dictionary

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破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn
镜子 鏡子 jìng zi mirror / CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4] syn
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn
反映 fǎn yìng to mirror / to reflect / mirror image / reflection / (fig.) to report / to make known / to render syn
反射 fǎn shè to reflect / reflection (from a mirror etc) / reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism) syn
石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn
镜像 鏡像 jìng xiàng mirror image
后视镜 後視鏡 hòu shì jìng rearview mirror
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn
残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn
头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn
破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn
明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
反光镜 反光鏡 fǎn guāng jìng reflector (typically concave, as in a torch) / mirror (typically plane or convex)
依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn
七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn
镜架 鏡架 jìng jià eyeglasses frame / CL:副[fu4] / mirror support
照妖镜 照妖鏡 zhào yāo jìng magic mirror for revealing goblins / fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy
哈哈镜 哈哈鏡 hā hā jìng distorting mirror
映像 yìng xiàng reflection / image (in a mirror)
坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined
断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
司马光 司馬光 sī mǎ guāng Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg
折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn
huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn
suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn
jìng mirror / lens syn
照镜子 照鏡子 zhào jìng zi to look in the mirror
to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn
败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby
凸镜 凸鏡 tū jìng convex mirror syn
yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
jiàn variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
qiáng "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]
镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè 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 syn
伤心蒿目 傷心蒿目 shāng xīn hāo mù to grieve / broken-hearted
拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker
败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
柔肠寸断 柔腸寸斷 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)
涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn
韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
观后镜 觀後鏡 guān hòu jìng mirror showing a view to one's rear (including rearview mirror, side-view mirror, baby view mirror etc)
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field
检查镜 檢查鏡 inspection mirror / extension mirror / search mirror
搜查镜 搜查鏡 inspection mirror / extension mirror / search mirror
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn
反光炉 反光爐 fǎn guāng lú mirror heating facility / mirror furnace
破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn
布罗肯海底高原 Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau
凹面镜 凹面鏡 āo miàn jìng concave mirror syn
镜像站点 鏡像站點 jìng xiàng zhàn diǎn (computing) mirror site
kuà component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3]
倒写 倒寫 dào xiě mirror writing / upside down writing
凸面镜 凸面鏡 tū miàn jìng convex mirror syn
凹镜 凹鏡 āo jìng concave mirror syn
李汝珍 lǐ rǔ zhēn Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror
每日镜报 每日鏡報 měi rì jìng bào Daily Mirror (newspaper)
镜花 鏡花 jìng huā decorative mirror
镜花缘 鏡花緣 jìng huā yuán Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th century) by Li Ruzhen 李汝珍[Li3 Ru3 zhen1]
机械旋镜照相机 mechanical rotating mirror camera
镜象网址 鏡象网址 jìng xiàng wǎng zhǐ mirror site
藏镜人 藏鏡人 cáng jìng rén man behind the mirror / puppet master / string puller
对映 對映 duì yìng to be the mirror image of sth / enantiomorphic / antipodal / enantiomeric (chemistry)
菱花镜 菱花鏡 líng huā jìng antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty
后照镜 後照鏡 hòu zhào jìng rearview mirror (Tw)
𬭼 suì (literary) brass mirror used to light a fire by focusing the sun's rays
投屏 tóu píng (computing) to mirror one's screen (to another device) / screen sharing / screen mirroring
全身镜 全身鏡 quán shēn jìng full-length mirror
穿衣镜 穿衣鏡 chuān yī jìng full-length mirror
broken utensil
伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全 寧為玉碎,不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken
断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war
摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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