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Mirror image palindromes read exactly the same way in each direction.

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火柴当柴火 Use matches as firewood.
油灯少灯油 Oil lamp is low in oil.
清水塘里塘水清
The water is clear in the Clear Water Pond.
静泉山上山泉静 On the Quiet Spring Mountain the mountain spring flows quietly.
香柏鼓风鼓柏香 Fragrant cypress trees drum up the wind and themselves.
秀山轻雨青山秀 The mountain is pretty and the light rain makes the mountain greener and prettier.
书临汉帖翰林书 The book next to the Chinese invitation is a Han Lin book.
画上荷花和尚画
Drawing lotus flowers; the monk is drawing it.
潺潺碧水碧潺潺
Flowing green water is green and flowing.
处处飞花飞处处
Everywhere the flowers are flying everywhere.
重重绿树绿重重
Layers of green trees are laying layers of green.
声声笑语笑声声 Sounds of laughter can be heard.
天连水尾水连天
The sky connects with the water and the water connects with the sky.
雾锁山头山锁雾 The fog blocks the mountain; the mountain blocks the fog.
龙潭活水活潭龙
The Dragon Pond has fresh water, allowing the dragon in the pond to live.
雪岭吹风吹岭雪 Snow mountain blows wind on the snow cover in the mountain.
珠联璧合璧联珠
The pearl and jade match well together or a good match.
凤落梧桐梧落凤 The phoenix drops down on parasol tree; the tree driops the phoenix.
风落梧桐梧落风 The wind blows off leaves of the parasol tree and the leaves fall with the wind.
上海自来水来自海上 Shanghai's tap water comes from the sea.
花莲喷水池水喷莲花 The water fountain pond in Hualiang blows lotus flowers.
西湖灵隐寺隐灵湖西
The Spirit Hidden Temple in West Lake hides spirits on the west side of the lake.
头城打炮王炮打城头
The king of cannon of Tou Town fires the cannon at the top of the town.
中国山中有中山国中
In the middle of China's montains, there are Zhongshan (Dr. Sun Yat-sen) Middle School.
黄山落叶松叶落山黄 Pine trees in Huangshan drop leaves and make the mountain yellow.
香山碧云寺云碧山香 Fragrance Hill's Jade Cloud Temple has green clouds and a fragrant mountain.
南海滞留锋留滞海南 The sluggish storm from the South Sea is hanging around Hainan.
山西过路人路过西山
The passengers from Shanxi pass by West Mountain.
花莲印刷厂刷印莲花
The Hualian Print Shop prints lotus flowers.
碧潭清水崖水清潭碧
Near the Jade Pond precipice, the water is clear and pond is green.
中山停云堂云停山中
The clouds stop in the middle of the mountain at Tinyun Hall in Zhongshan.
狂风暴雨夜雨暴风狂
The night of fierce wind and rainstorm; there is strong wind and rain.
天上龙卷风卷龙上天
Tornado from the sky rolls up a dragon to the sky.
船上女子叫子女上船
The girl on the boat calls the children to go aboard.
马下花香闻香花下马
Xiang Hua gets down from the horse to smell the fragrant flowers under the horse.
大湖比目鱼目比湖大 The eye of the flounder in the big lake is bigger than the lake.
洛河飘香茶香飘河洛
The tea fragrance of Luo River floats over He Luo.
山西落日时日落西山
When the sun set in Shanxi, the sun also sets in West Mountain.
内湖回填土填回湖内 The dirt digged from Neihu fills in the lake.
内湖养鱼池鱼养湖内 Fish farm is Nei Hu raises fish in the lake.