See 鏡花水月 on Wiktionary
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"english": "If it is a formless object, then it is different from the matters of today. It is like an image in the mirror or the moon in the water, which appear to have a form but cannot be touched and such; these are formless.",
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"ref": " Late 4th century–early 5th century, Hui Yuan (慧遠) and Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), The Correspondences of Hui Yuan and Kumārajīva (《鳩摩羅什法師大義》), T1856",
"roman": "Ruò fēisè zhī wù, zé yì jīn shì. Rú jìng zhōng xiàng, shuǐ zhōng yuè, jiàn rú yǒu sè, ér wú chù děng, zé fēisè yě.",
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"text": "若非色之物，則異今事。如鏡中像，水中月，見如有色，而無觸等，則非色也。",
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"english": "If it is a formless object, then it is different from the matters of today. It is like an image in the mirror or the moon in the water, which appear to have a form but cannot be touched and such; these are formless.",
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"roman": "Ruò fēisè zhī wù, zé yì jīn shì. Rú jìng zhōng xiàng, shuǐ zhōng yuè, jiàn rú yǒu sè, ér wú chù děng, zé fēisè yě.",
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"text": "若非色之物，则异今事。如镜中像，水中月，见如有色，而无触等，则非色也。",
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"english": "Understanding all the dharmas is like fantasy, like a flame, like the moon in the water, like vanity, like an echo, like the (illusive) city of the gandharvas, like a dream, like a shadow, like an image in the mirror, like change.",
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"ref": " c. 404, Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), trans. The Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (《摩訶般若波羅蜜經》), T0223",
"roman": "Jiěliǎo zhū fǎ, rú huàn, rú yàn, rú shuǐ zhōng yuè, rú xūkōng, rú xiǎng, rú qiántàpó chéng, rú mèng, rú yǐng, rú jìng zhōng xiàng, rú huà.",
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"text": "解了諸法，如幻，如焰，如水中月，如虛空，如響，如揵闥婆城，如夢，如影，如鏡中像，如化。",
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"english": "Understanding all the dharmas is like fantasy, like a flame, like the moon in the water, like vanity, like an echo, like the (illusive) city of the gandharvas, like a dream, like a shadow, like an image in the mirror, like change.",
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"text": "解了诸法，如幻，如焰，如水中月，如虚空，如响，如揵闼婆城，如梦，如影，如镜中像，如化。",
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"text": "阿彌陀佛，為人在世，原是鏡花水月。",
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"ref": " Qing dynasty, Hua Guangsheng (華廣生), 《白雪遺音》",
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"english": "Most of these high earnings yields, which banks promised that the investors would have, became illusions at last because they failed to meet the requirements.",
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"ref": " 2007, 宏皓, 《理財改變命運》, page 248",
"roman": "Yínháng chéngnuò de nàxiē gāo shōuyìlǜ, zuìhòu duōbàn yīn bù fúhé tiáojiàn ér chéng jìnghuāshuǐyuè.",
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"text": "銀行承諾的那些高收益率，最後多半因不符合條件而成鏡花水月。",
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"phantom",
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"vision",
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"ipa": "[kʲo̞ːka̠ sɨiɡe̞t͡sɨ]"
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"english": "If it is a formless object, then it is different from the matters of today. It is like an image in the mirror or the moon in the water, which appear to have a form but cannot be touched and such; these are formless.",
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"ref": " Late 4th century–early 5th century, Hui Yuan (慧遠) and Kumārajīva (鳩摩羅什 (Jiūmóluóshí)), The Correspondences of Hui Yuan and Kumārajīva (《鳩摩羅什法師大義》), T1856",
"roman": "Ruò fēisè zhī wù, zé yì jīn shì. Rú jìng zhōng xiàng, shuǐ zhōng yuè, jiàn rú yǒu sè, ér wú chù děng, zé fēisè yě.",
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{
"english": "If it is a formless object, then it is different from the matters of today. It is like an image in the mirror or the moon in the water, which appear to have a form but cannot be touched and such; these are formless.",
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"roman": "Ruò fēisè zhī wù, zé yì jīn shì. Rú jìng zhōng xiàng, shuǐ zhōng yuè, jiàn rú yǒu sè, ér wú chù děng, zé fēisè yě.",
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"Pinyin"
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{
"english": "Understanding all the dharmas is like fantasy, like a flame, like the moon in the water, like vanity, like an echo, like the (illusive) city of the gandharvas, like a dream, like a shadow, like an image in the mirror, like change.",
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"roman": "Jiěliǎo zhū fǎ, rú huàn, rú yàn, rú shuǐ zhōng yuè, rú xūkōng, rú xiǎng, rú qiántàpó chéng, rú mèng, rú yǐng, rú jìng zhōng xiàng, rú huà.",
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"text": "解了諸法，如幻，如焰，如水中月，如虛空，如響，如揵闥婆城，如夢，如影，如鏡中像，如化。",
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"english": "Understanding all the dharmas is like fantasy, like a flame, like the moon in the water, like vanity, like an echo, like the (illusive) city of the gandharvas, like a dream, like a shadow, like an image in the mirror, like change.",
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"roman": "Ēmítuófó, wéirén zàishì, yuánshì jìnghuāshuǐyuè.",
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"Pinyin"
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"ref": " Qing dynasty, Hua Guangsheng (華廣生), 《白雪遺音》",
"roman": "Jìnghuāshuǐyuè xián xiāoqiǎn, hébì míngxián shèngdì féng.",
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"roman": "Jìnghuāshuǐyuè xián xiāoqiǎn, hébì míngxián shèngdì féng.",
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"english": "Most of these high earnings yields, which banks promised that the investors would have, became illusions at last because they failed to meet the requirements.",
"raw_tags": [
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"ref": " 2007, 宏皓, 《理財改變命運》, page 248",
"roman": "Yínháng chéngnuò de nàxiē gāo shōuyìlǜ, zuìhòu duōbàn yīn bù fúhé tiáojiàn ér chéng jìnghuāshuǐyuè.",
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Download raw JSONL data for 鏡花水月 meaning in All languages combined (14.6kB)
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