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彩雲

Pinyin cǎi yúnSimplified 彩云usually a girl’s name

Morning clouds dyed by dawn — a day that begins bright.

What’s wished for

Leaving White Emperor City among dawn-colored clouds — Li Bai’s light departure. Auspicious colored cloud; someone who brightens a beginning.

Where it comes from

朝辞白帝彩云间

zhāo cí bái dì cǎi yún jiān

“Leaving at dawn the White Emperor crowned with cloud,”

— Li Bai, “Leaving Baidi City at Dawn” (早发白帝城)

About the two characters
彩
colored, many-hued
雲
cloud; what gathers and drifts above

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