A name from a poem
回眸
Pinyin huí móuusually a girl’s name
A glance back, and a quiet smile.
What’s wished for
One glance back, one smile, and a hundred charms rise — Bai Juyi’s Yang Guifei. For someone whose smile lights the room.
Where it comes from
回眸一笑百媚生
huí móu yī xiào bǎi mèi shēng
“When she turned her eyes and smiled, a hundred charms were born;”
— Bai Juyi, “Song of Everlasting Sorrow” (长恨歌)
About the two characters
- 回
- to turn back
- 眸
- pupil of the eye, gaze
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