汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 镜花水月
镜花水月 (鏡花水月)
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
The flower in the mirror, the moon in the water / Originally refers to the flexible and unpredictable artistic conception in the poem, and later it is a metaphor for the illusory scene
镜中的花,水里的月。比喻虚幻的景象。
() jìng huā shuǐ yuè
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

如生命般宝贵,然而只不过是镜花水月……

Like precious life itself, so much an illusion…

然而,这种感觉也只不过是镜花水月,很快就要消弭殆尽。

But this feeling was an illusion that is rapidly dissipating.

终于明白生活中有太多不公。有的人付出全部依旧镜花水月

Finally understand that life has too much injustice. Some people devote all their still unfulfilled.

然而,烦躁的都市啊,请不要忘记,这世界本是镜花水月

However, whiny urban, please don't forget, the world is an illusion.

散一墨砚香,挥毫而就成一段清丽光年,纵然是举案齐眉的执手之约也终不过是镜花水月般的飘渺如烟。

A fragrant ink, paint and became a beautiful light, even the handle him about all is but a mirage, insubstantial objects like a smoke.

只要奴役和贫穷阴魂不散地缠绕着阿富汗的女人们,这个国家的和平就如同镜花水月,更别说任何对繁荣的憧憬。

So long as Afghan women are kept in terrified servitude and poverty, peace for that country is likely to remain a pipe dream, let alone any hope of prosperity.