破镜重圆

破鏡重圓
pòjìngchóngyuán
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 pòjìngchóngyuán le.
After five years apart, they finally got back together.
Suīrán chǎo guò hěn duō jià, dàn tāmen háishì pòjìngchóngyuán 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