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Chinese
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to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out |
mirror; lens
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| trad. (破鏡)
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破
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鏡
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| simp. (破镜)
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破
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镜
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Etymology
- ferocious beast that eats its own father
- Earliest extant attestation is in Book of Han. Related to 獍 (jìng, “a mythical tiger-like animal that eats its own mother shortly after birth”), attested in 《述異記》 Tales of Strange Matters () by 任昉 Ren Fang.
Pronunciation
Noun
破鏡
- (literally) broken mirror
- parting of a married couple
- (literary) waning moon; quarter moon; half-moon
- (Chinese mythology) pojing, a ferocious beast that eats its own father
- alt. forms: 破獍 (pòjìng)
Derived terms