A name from a poem
滄海
Pinyin cāng hǎiSimplified 沧海usually a boy’s name
For someone who sets out across the open sea.
What’s wished for
Hoist a cloud-sail and cross the blue expanse — the hopeful close of Li Bai’s “Hard Roads.” A wide vessel for a wide world.
Where it comes from
直挂云帆济沧海
zhí guà yún fān jì cāng hǎi
“I'll set my cloud-like sail to cross the sea which raves.”
— Li Bai, “The Road Is Hard” (行路难)
About the two characters
- 滄
- dark blue-green (of water)
- 海
- sea
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