TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
反映
ㄈㄢˇ ㄧㄥˋ · fǎnyìng
verb — to reflect; to mirror; to represent; to report (a situation upward)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
反to turn back; reverse (反對)fǎn
映to reflect; to project light (映照)yìng日 (sun) + 央 (center, phonetic) — sunlight centered in still water
反映,反面的反,映照的映。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
水面靜止,臉映回來了。
Still water — the sunlight (日 in 映) holds the face; turned back (反), it returns unchanged: the mirror sends it home.
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