The mirror of a lonely Phoenix(gū luán zhào jìng)

The mirror of a lonely Phoenix

Guluan looks into the mirror, which is a metaphor of mourning for the fate of those who have no spouse or lost spouse.

Idiom information

A lone Phoenix looks into the mirror

Used in figurative sentences

[Tongyun CI] echoing from afar, tired of offering life, praising with forehead and hand, dragon born dragon, phoenix born phoenix, worshiping with mouth and body, spirit and Qi are pure, pawn to work hard, trace to be calm, follow guest orders, thousand disasters and diseases

The origin of Idioms

The king of Luobin set up the mountain of Junqi and got a Phoenix. Wang loved it so much that he wanted it to sing but could not. It is decorated with a golden fan, for which you are more and more sad, but you don't sing for three years. His wife said: "after tasting the birds and seeing their kind, they sing. Why not hang a mirror to reflect them?" Wang followed his words. Luan saw the shape, felt the agreement, sighed with emotion, and cried in the sky. Preface to "Luan Niao Shi" by Fan Tai in Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty

Idiom story

In ancient times, King Dabin netted a Luan bird in Junqi mountain. He loved it very much, but he couldn't let it sing. So they decorated it with golden cages and fed it with delicious food. After three years, they still didn't call it. His wife heard that birds would bark when they saw the same species, so she hung a large mirror in front of the cage. Sure enough, seeing herself in the mirror, Luan bird sighs with grief and cries in the sky. She is very excited.

Examples of Idioms

A pheasant reflecting on the water is complacent, but a lone Luan is not in pairs. Yuanyang Fu by Chen Xuling in Southern Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : gū luán zhào jìng