handwritten; numbers written in various non-roman numerical systems

[sixpetals]

"kyouka suigetsu"

I had one of those echoes a few weeks ago, and got that phrase and nothing else. I tried google translate, and got "mirror flower water moon." A little more digging and I found out it's related to a Chinese saying, "flower in the mirror, moon on the water." It's about things that can be seen, but not held.

But I'm not sure what it means, or why I remember it. People share echoes sometimes...so I was wondering if anyone else recognizes that phrase.

Thanks in advance.

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[pianistofraielin]

sorry, i've never heard of it before, but it sounds really pretty.

but if it's a chinese saying why did you remember it in japanese?

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[sixpetals]

I'm not really sure. It could be a borrowed expression?

or maybe it's a Japanese saying in my other's world and Chinese in this one.

[pianistofraielin]

oh, that's possible! i guess i never thought too much about how the worlds our past selves came from might be different from this world.

[sixpetals]

Well I mean, think about it. If there were robots and vampires and magical girls in other selves' worlds, it makes sense that some of the words we use might be different there, too, right?

It's just not as exciting a difference as the robots and vampires and magical girls.