A name from a poem
朝雨
Pinyin zhāo yǔusually a girl’s name
Morning rain that lays the dust, and clears the road.
What’s wished for
Morning rain in Wei City settles the light dust — Wang Wei’s farewell classic. For someone who quiets the room the way soft rain clears a road.
Where it comes from
渭城朝雨浥轻尘
wèi chéng zhāo yǔ yì qīng chén
“No dust is raised on pathways wet with morning rain;”
— Wang Wei, “Farewell to Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi” (送元二使安西)
About the two characters
- 朝
- morning; early in the day
- 雨
- rain
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