彼岸花花开无叶叶生无花相念相惜
[bĭ àn huā huā kāi wú yè yè shēng wú huā xiāng niàn xiāng xī]
Referring to a mystical type of flower named Higanbana (red spider lily), this Chinese idiom indicates that this kind of plant grows leaves and blooms without any overlap between both states: flowers without leaves and leaves growing when there are no flowers. Thus, "Flowers of the other shore bloom with no leaves; leaves grow but never together in blooming - yearning and cherishing each other." The profound meaning speaks of eternal longing and separation, two beings can't be together though forever connected, which resonates poignantly with tales of tragic unrequited love.