破鏡再び照らさず

はきょうふたたびてらさず

Meanings

1. Expression a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled (literally: a broken mirror will never shine again)

Kanji

• 破 break. Read as ハ.
• 鏡 mirror. Read as キョウ.
• 再 again. Read as ふたたび.
• 照 illuminate. Read as てらす.

Words containing 破鏡再び照らさず

• 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず (らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず) fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine

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