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A name from a poem

閒雲

Pinyin xián yúnSimplified 闲云for anyone

Drift easy as a cloud — no hurry in the heart.

What’s wished for

Idle clouds, pool shadows, days that drift easy — Wang Bo’s Tengwang Pavilion poem. Unhurried, true to yourself.

Where it comes from

闲云潭影日悠悠

xián yún tán yǐng rì yōu yōu

“Idle clouds and their shadows in the pool, day after day;”

— Wang Bo, “The Pavilion of Prince Teng” (滕王阁诗)

About the two characters
閒
at leisure, unhurried
雲
cloud; what gathers and drifts above

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