A name from a poem
青絲
Pinyin qīng sīSimplified 青丝usually a girl’s name
Years as gentle as glossy silk-black hair.
What’s wished for
“Qing si” is glossy black hair — Li Bai’s “Bring in the Wine,” on how fast morning hair turns snow. Treasure youth and this moment; live lightly.
Where it comes from
朝如青丝暮成雪
zhāo rú qīng sī mù chéng xuě
“black silk at morning, by evening turned to snow?”
— Li Bai, “Bring In the Wine” (将进酒)
About the two characters
- 青
- blue-green, the color of hills and young leaves
- 絲
- silk thread
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