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

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火柴當柴火 Use matches as firewood.
油燈少燈油 Oil lamp is low in oil.
清水塘裏塘水清
The water is clear in the Clear Water Pond.
靜泉山上山泉靜 On the Quiet Spring Mountain the mountain spring flows quietly.
香柏鼓風鼓柏香 Fragrant cypress trees drum up the wind and themselves.
秀山輕雨青山秀 The mountain is pretty and the light rain makes the mountain greener and prettier.
書臨漢帖翰林書 The book next to the Chinese invitation is a Han Lin book.
畫上荷花和尚畫
Drawing lotus flowers; the monk is drawing it.
潺潺碧水碧潺潺
Flowing green water is green and flowing.
處處飛花飛處處
Everywhere the flowers are flying everywhere.
重重綠樹綠重重
Layers of green trees are laying layers of green.
聲聲笑語笑聲聲 Sounds of laughter can be heard.
天連水尾水連天
The sky connects with the water and the water connects with the sky.
霧鎖山頭山鎖霧 The fog blocks the mountain; the mountain blocks the fog.
龍潭活水活潭龍
The Dragon Pond has fresh water, allowing the dragon in the pond to live.
雪嶺吹風吹嶺雪 Snow mountain blows wind on the snow cover in the mountain.
珠聯璧合璧聯珠
The pearl and jade match well together or a good match.
鳳落梧桐梧落鳳 The phoenix drops down on parasol tree; the tree driops the phoenix.
風落梧桐梧落風 The wind blows off leaves of the parasol tree and the leaves fall with the wind.
上海自來水來自海上 Shanghai's tap water comes from the sea.
花蓮噴水池水噴蓮花 The water fountain pond in Hualiang blows lotus flowers.
西湖靈隱寺隱靈湖西
The Spirit Hidden Temple in West Lake hides spirits on the west side of the lake.
頭城打砲王砲打城頭
The king of cannon of Tou Town fires the cannon at the top of the town.
中國山中有中山國中
In the middle of China's montains, there are Zhongshan (Dr. Sun Yat-sen) Middle School.
黃山落葉松葉落山黃 Pine trees in Huangshan drop leaves and make the mountain yellow.
香山碧雲寺雲碧山香 Fragrance Hill's Jade Cloud Temple has green clouds and a fragrant mountain.
南海滯留鋒留滯海南 The sluggish storm from the South Sea is hanging around Hainan.
山西過路人路過西山
The passengers from Shanxi pass by West Mountain.
花蓮印刷廠刷印蓮花
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.
中山停雲堂雲停山中
The clouds stop in the middle of the mountain at Tinyun Hall in Zhongshan.
狂風暴雨夜雨暴風狂
The night of fierce wind and rainstorm; there is strong wind and rain.
天上龍捲風捲龍上天
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.
馬下花香聞香花下馬
Xiang Hua gets down from the horse to smell the fragrant flowers under the horse.
大湖比目魚目比湖大 The eye of the flounder in the big lake is bigger than the lake.
洛河飄香茶香飄河洛
The tea fragrance of Luo River floats over He Luo.
山西落日時日落西山
When the sun set in Shanxi, the sun also sets in West Mountain.
內湖回填土填回湖內 The dirt digged from Neihu fills in the lake.
內湖養魚池魚養湖內 Fish farm is Nei Hu raises fish in the lake.