破镜重圆

破鏡重圓
pòjìng-chóngyuán
idiom #19,288

Meanings

  1. 1 a broken mirror made whole again
  2. 2 reunion of a separated couple
  3. 3 a broken relationship is restored

Examples

Tāmen fēnkāi wǔ nián hòu zhōngyú pòjìng-chóngyuán le.
After five years apart, they finally got back together.
Suīrán chǎo guò hěnduō jià, dàn tāmen háishì pòjìng-chóngyuán le.
Although they had many fights, they still reconciled.

Tips

history
From a Tang dynasty tale: before being separated by war, a couple broke a bronze mirror in half, each keeping one piece. Years later they used the matching halves to find each other again.

Stroke Order

jìng
zhòng
yuán