Looking at flowers in the mirror

Looking at flowers in the mirror

Looking at flowers in a mirror is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j ì NGL ǐ Gu ā nhu ā, which means looking at flowers in a mirror. It refers to seeing flowers in a mirror but not getting or touching them. From the marriage of two generations.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Qiao Mengfu's the marriage of two generations, the third fold: "I admonish him that he is like a melon in the water, and he looks at us like a flower in the mirror."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory.