破镜 (破鏡) pò jìng
pò jìng
noun
broken mirror
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Figuratively, broken marriage or divorce (CC-CEDICT '破鏡')
Contained in
- 破镜重圆(破鏡重圓) a shattered mirror put back together; (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 3
- 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 横破镜 (橫破鏡) 如橫破鏡之狀 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 4
- 枭破镜 (梟破鏡) 祠黃帝用一梟破鏡 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 2
- 竖破镜 (豎破鏡) 宜先如豎破鏡之狀 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 2