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樂昌破鏡
简 乐昌破镜 · 繁 樂昌破鏡Mandarin · pinyin Lè chāng pò jìng
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- (lit.) the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主 Lè chāng Gōng zhǔ (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
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4–1–4–4 · Le4 chang1 po4 jing4
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