乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡

乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 Lè chāng pò jìng ㄌㄜˋ ㄔㄤ ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ lok6 coeng1 po3 geng3 Practice sheet

• lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 乐昌公主 樂昌公主 Lè chāng Gōng zhǔ ㄌㄜˋ ㄔㄤ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˇ (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