粵

明ming4鏡geng3高gou1懸jyun4

simp明镜高悬
ming4 geng3 gou1 jyun4míng jìng gāo xuán

English

  1. perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
  2. (of judges and officials) to judge fairly, impartially; literally: bright mirror high hung

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容法官、執法人員判案公正,執法時嚴明而無私

Examples

  • 法官判案嘅時候明鏡高懸,絕對唔會有任何偏頗。

    Judges make judgement impartially, without bias absolutely.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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