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A name from a poem

曉紅

Pinyin xiǎo hóngSimplified 晓红usually a girl’s name

After rain, flowers bloom red in the morning light.

What’s wished for

After a night of good rain, dawn shows the town wet and red with flowers — the close of Du Fu’s “Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night.” Fresh and bright, like that morning.

Where it comes from

晓看红湿处

xiǎo kàn hóng shī chù

“Dawn sees saturated reds;”

— Du Fu, “Happy Rain on a Spring Night” (春夜喜雨)

About the two characters
曉
dawn; the day's first light
紅
red; warm color of flower and autumn leaf

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