A name from a poem
山青
Pinyin shān qīngusually a boy’s name
Spring hills washed blue-green — a view that lifts the heart.
What’s wished for
Hills blue-green, flowers about to blaze — Du Fu’s vivid quatrain. Healthy and fresh as a spring mountain.
Where it comes from
山青花欲燃
shān qīng huā yù rán
“On green hills the flowers seem about to burn.”
— Du Fu, “Quatrain (The River Blue)” (绝句)
About the two characters
- 山
- a mountain; high ground
- 青
- blue-green, the color of hills and young leaves
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